AgUpdate media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places AgUpdate in the centre. We have seen it on 7 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is AgUpdate biased?
Ad Fontes Media places AgUpdate in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is AgUpdate left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places AgUpdate in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is AgUpdate reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for AgUpdate are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What AgUpdate has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with AgUpdate’s own report linked underneath.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel for highway use. The move comes as diesel prices reached a record high and ahead of the November midterm elections.
AgUpdate reported it asTrump order temporarily expands use of dyed diesel nationwide (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
Global food prices reached their highest level in nearly four years in September, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. The rise was primarily driven by increases in cereal, sugar, and vegetable oil prices, with meat and dairy prices declining.
AgUpdate reported it asGlobal Food Prices Extend Gain to Highest Since End of 2022 (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
Global food prices reached their highest level in nearly four years in September, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. The rise was primarily driven by increases in cereal, sugar, and vegetable oil prices, with meat and dairy prices declining.
AgUpdate reported it asThe Biggest Jump in Global Crop Prices Since 2022 Threatens to Boost Inflation (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of American coal annually in 2027 and 2028. The deal was announced following a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrangement was also made for preferential tariffs on $30 billion in goods.
AgUpdate reported it asGrains Fall as Traders Seek China Buying Signs After Tariff Cuts (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
China will reduce tariffs on a wide range of US agricultural products as part of a $60 billion reciprocal tariff reduction package. However, soybeans have been excluded from the list of reductions and will continue to face an additional 10% tariff.
AgUpdate reported it asGrains Fall as Traders Seek China Buying Signs After Tariff Cuts (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
Record-high diesel prices have prompted Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to call for an embargo on exports. Farm state Republicans are pressuring the White House to stop exports, citing the impact on farmers and truckers.
AgUpdate reported it asDiesel prices could remain high for years, economist says (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
The United States and China are in discussions regarding the potential reduction or elimination of Chinese tariffs on American liquefied natural gas (LNG). These talks are part of a larger energy and agriculture agreement package that may be revealed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Washington.
AgUpdate reported it asCrop markets look ahead to U.S.-China meeting (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
AgUpdate reported it asUSDA removes roadless rule restrictions (opens AgUpdate in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for AgUpdate.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
- Official site
- agupdate.com
- Seen publishing on
- agupdate.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 7
- Reports listed
- 8
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 12 August 2026
8 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. AgUpdate is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 7 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of AgUpdate: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 10 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 12 October 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as AgUpdate, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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