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As input costs remain elevated, fall lease deadlines are putting renewed focus on cash rents and farmland values.
Fritz Haber found the means to both feed and kill the masses, unleashing a surreal chain of genius, suicide and Nazi atrocities, all toe-tagged to the wildest contradictions in history.
A New York farmer’s viral videos exposing pressure tactics by solar developers caught the attention of USDA’s new Special Envoy for American Landowners, John Rich, turning a local fight into a national one.
USDA reports on-farm corn stocks up 16% from a year ago, while storage capacity growth has plateaued. Brock’s John Tuttle says commercial handlers are already asking where grain will go when harvest starts — and temporary storage can still be delivered in weeks, not months.
Greenwing AI says its first agricultural intelligence alert shows how satellite-based monitoring could detect crop stress before it is visible in the field.
In the reshaping of rural America, one man’s opportunity can be another’s concrete curse.
By tying soil-health data to actuarial risk, Michigan hopes to build a crop insurance model that rewards resilience and could eventually scale beyond the state.
The question facing U.S. agriculture is whether current farm aid is a bridge through temporary hardship — or a pier toward more structural government support.
In a seismic ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that wildlife officers may not enter private land without probable cause.
Researchers estimate a glyphosate ban could cost Illinois corn and soybean growers $300 million to $609 million a year.
Was Ron Fode’s real crime saving his crops? “The state tried to bury us, but the truth is hard to hide,” he says.
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions will invest in Jorf Fertilizers Company I, forming a 50/50 joint venture with OCP Nutricrops and expanding the companies’ phosphate fertilizer partnership in Morocco.
New chief operating officer role adds oversight of commercial operations, manufacturing and research and development
The company reversed course just over two weeks after seeking antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese glyphosate imports, while corn, soybean and wheat groups welcomed the move.
New state restrictions and a proposed AFIDA overhaul could reshape land deals, reporting, and due diligence for farmers.
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer says several recent federal program and tax-related updates could have meaningful financial implications for producers, especially around SDRP payment limits, 2025 ARC/PLC payment expectations, standard mileage rates and payment-limit guidance.
“Craziest story of my life,” says Stan Hoskins. “A neighbor has taken my land and … calls it adverse possession; I call it stealing.”
Industry executives say AI-driven design and field data are reshaping how new products are being researched and developed, and will ultimately shorten the time from initial concept to commercial launch.
After more than 400 years, Shirley Plantation remains both a working farm and a living record of American ag. Not only is it the oldest family-owned business in America, but it still unlocks pieces of America’s past.
Located along Virginia’s James River, Berkeley Plantation is the site of America’s first Thanksgiving in 1619, the birthplace of President William Henry Harrison and a thriving 400-year-old working farm.
Virginia’s Mainland Farm is considered America’s oldest continuously farmed land, cultivated since the early 1600s. Today it still produces crops while preserving 400+ years of agricultural and Revolutionary War history.
In late June, the agency revised its technical guidelines for biofuel feedstocks related to the 45z tax credit.
The company says the action is needed to preserve domestic production, but major commodity groups argue the trade case will come at farmers’ expense.
Incredibly surviving the Civil War, world wars, depressions, epidemics, and every milestone for two centuries, the Taylor gathering may be the oldest reunion on the planet.
Legal watchers and industry experts break down what the favorable outcome for Monsanto means for farmers.
From combine automation to upgrades on a 13-year old planter, Virginia farmer David Hula shares the technologies he’s testing to protect yields and unlock the next generation of crop production.