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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Starting this fall, FBN’s Norm will surface daily, farm-specific insights, and by spring it aims to act on them, with Google supplying the AI models.
With debates over SNAP, Prop 12 and E15 heading to the full chamber, one Arkansas senator emphasizes bipartisan momentum to protect family farms.
A hot, sunny August accelerated maturity, while timely rain around pollination helped protect some yield potential. But as harvest is now on pause, early results show extreme variability across fields and planting dates.
Farmers are running fewer machines for longer hours, turning to high-tech retrofits and leveraging improved cash-flow expectations to upgrade existing equipment.
High feed costs, retail resistance and resuming Mexican imports signal lower prices, but structural supply limits offer downside protection.
Drought forced Kentucky farmer Quint Pottinger to cut costs. His answer: a driverless retrofit kit, a smaller tractor and an 8-row planter that now plant his 2,000 acres of row crops on their own.
Strong mid-horsepower prices in Mississippi, low-hour gems in Ohio and an 84% drop in late-model inventory highlight why clean used equipment continues to command top dollar.
The Night Sweats frontman says the mission to support small farms endures, even as rural communities face new challenges like data center expansion.
China cuts tariffs on $60 billion in goods but holds soybeans as leverage for future negotiations, disappointing markets.
Corteva will pay $35 million to 12 states and accept 10 years of limits on distributor rebates that the FTC says kept cheaper generic pesticides away from farmers. The case against Syngenta continues.
“Fed to the Wolves,” debuts Oct. 1, and its producers contend it reveals deep damage to agriculture and hunting in rural Minnesota and lack of action by state officials.
With diesel hitting a record $6.51 per gallon, lawmakers are weighing export curbs that could trigger an immediate domestic price drop — though market experts warn any relief will be short-lived.
More yield means more residue, and elevated diesel prices equal a costly fall. Mosaic Biosciences’ new enzyme digester costs about $10 an acre. Application timing decides whether that money buys field operations, emergence/final stand or nutrients.
Kansas Sens. Moran and Marshall call for Department of Homeland Security coordination after unannounced federal enforcement shakes farms, packing plants and rural communities near Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal.
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Pod drop and shatter can cut into canola yield. Here’s how to manage it.
After a growing season with multiple windstorms, tornadoes and 15" to 20" more rain than normal, Cody White in Maroa, Illinois is seeing corn bushels 25-30 bushels lower than last year.
One Minnesota family is breaking with tradition and reserving fall fieldwork for acres where it can make the biggest contribution.
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For Iowa corn growers, low-carbon intensity corn is becoming more than a conservation conversation. It’s increasingly tied to where ethanol markets are headed and whether farmers can capture some of the value they create.
Ken Ferrie walks through the problems plaguing this year’s corn crop and shares his strategy for salvaging yield and protecting grain quality in storage.
Blaming monopolies for high fertilizer costs misses the real culprit: complex global supply chains. Fighting costs requires open dialogue, not endless lawsuits.
Before you unbox a new rig, make sure you can clear the FAA and state regulatory hurdles.
Prospects for peace weigh on wheat, corn and energy prices as president addresses geopolitical tensions ahead of China summit.
Companies that take the wrong approach in developing an effective tool are likely to flunk on the farm. Here’s what they’re missing.
“Our story should scare people to the core, because it’s one of the biggest assaults on freedom and the Constitution that you’ll never hear the plain facts about,” says Steve Porter.
StoneX analyst doubts Belarusian potash will materially lower US prices or boost supplies
While late-model horsepower commanded top dollar, hidden gems turned heads — including the first-ever 1984 Case 2394 built and a 1999 Chevy pickup that fetched nearly $24,000.
Kess Berg of Advanced Agrilytics says one of the solutions is connecting better with your existing data to identify what’s working well and where simple management changes could boost returns.