Anthropic and Gates Foundation deploy AI for farms
Anthropic and the Gates Foundation are launching a $200 million partnership to build AI tools for agriculture, including crop datasets, farming benchmarks, and systems aimed at boosting smallholder productivity worldwide.
Agriculture enters the trade war again
U.S. officials say Beijing could commit to buying “double-digit billions” in American agricultural products after Trump–Xi summit talks, with soybeans again at the center of geopolitical trade bargaining.
The farm bill fight isn’t over
Dr. Meryl Nass and Dr. Stewart Tankersley on how the latest House farm bill protects industrial agriculture and pesticide giants while leaving small farmers, local meat producers, and food sovereignty…
Understanding the Farm Bill — How Washington reshapes what (and how) you eat
From SNAP cuts to farm survival, the policies behind your grocery bill are shifting in real time.
“There’s life after cows” — Inside the forced sale of a family’s final herd
The New York Times profiles a Pennsylvania family preparing to sell their last herd of dairy cows.
House strips pesticide liability shield from farm bill
Bipartisan vote removes controversial protections for pesticide makers, exposing deeper rifts over federal authority, health standards, and corporate liability.