Australia has rejected a $2.6 billion bid by Archer Daniels Midland — to buy one of Australia’s largest grain companies.

The BBC's Justin Rowlatt has a new series that looks at the economics behind chemical elements.

The Bureau of Reclamation declares the first water shortage for the Colorado River basin, which provides water for tens of millions of people and large agricultural regions.

Corn prices are down more than 40 percent from last year's highs.

American wheat growers are facing stiff competition this year from cheaper crops in Romania and the Ukraine.

Tobacco is a drought resistant plant. But this year, the weather has been anything but dry in major tobacco growing states like Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia.

In an effort to get it passed, some in Congress want to split the food-stamps part of the bill from the farm subsidy part.

Tucked into the farm bill is language that would add means testing to the federally subsidized crop insurance program.