What advantages or disadvantages are there to leasing farm equipment? John Phipps walks through the many pertinent factors to making this decision, including current red-hot used equipment values and interest rates.

The heart of the U.S. will be the bullseye for heat and dryness, which could create a flash drought.

The 70% in the good-to-excellent rating for the U.S. corn crop is two percentage points lower than last week’s 72%.

Farmers save on input costs and improve water management by planting into green, head-high cover crops this spring.

Economists see interest-rate increases raising likelihood of recession to 44% in coming 12 months.

A tough down day in the grains Tuesday, with a mixed close in livestock.