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The push for more solar energy projects across the U.S. is intersecting with agriculture, and as farmland has become a key target for projects in the Midwest, it’s creating some eye-popping offers.
NASDA and the National Agricultural Law Center say a new project tracking both Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 filings offers a more complete view of agricultural bankruptcies — with California, Arkansas, Georgia and Iowa leading the initial dataset.
At 22 years old, Emma decided the college life wasn’t for her. She dropped out and decided to become a farmhand. With each adventure comes lessons she shares on her “Ag With Emma” social media accounts.
Farmers have to manage 2027 costs around a supply crunch driven by the Strait of Hormuz, European gas prices, and falling corn prices. The FIELDS awards committed $1.34 billion to eight domestic fertilizer projects on Oct. 22, and Josh Linville of StoneX says it is a real step in the right direction that still falls well short of what farmers need.
A new tool launching in November could change how you evaluate practice adoption and ROI potential.
Small conversations can make the awkward “death talk” easier and help families plan for succession before a loss forces decisions.
Five fang punctures and a motherlode of venom: Jeremy Sons was in the fight of his life.
Farmers who sold outright on the rally handed elevators the grain, the financing and the margin-call exposure. CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke says that could slow basis gains as the 2026 crop moves to market.
Meridian Ag Advisor’s Wesley Davis puts data behind 10 puzzles in the 2026 farm economy. Three of them: land values that won’t fall, input costs that won’t ease and a downturn that looks like the 1980s until it doesn’t.
A 30-year research effort at the Univ. of Missouri is working to develop black walnut cultivars that produce more edible kernels, potentially giving landowners another income stream alongside the trees’ traditional timber value.
ClearCost CEO Keith Busch says the platform will post state-level delivered prices, hold payment until product moves and, eventually, support hedging, with the redeveloped version due in January.
American Farmland Trust and Airbnb are partnering to help farmers and ranchers develop income opportunities through farm stays and agricultural experiences.
Jeff Cecil steps into the top role with a mission to integrate cutting-edge technologies and accelerate innovation as farmers navigate economic headwinds and volatile markets.
Input costs are up $15 billion since February, diesel is roughly double and credit demand at Land O’Lakes’ financing business is already surging for next season, Beth Ford says.
Growers are locking in inputs earlier, paying on terms that run past harvest, and treating credit as part of the agronomic plan instead of a last-minute add-on.
“Look no further than Grain Belt Express if you want to see the fall of private property rights, the power of big business, and the political rot of eminent domain,” contends Kevin Reed.
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.
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.
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.
One Minnesota family is breaking with tradition and reserving fall fieldwork for acres where it can make the biggest contribution.
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.
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.
Joe Marino is a canary in a coalmine: “I don’t want this to ever, ever happen to another farmer or small business owner or American.”
Matt and Janna Splitter grew their farm by investing in people. Now the test is whether the farm can run without them — and which acres are worth keeping.
New tax rules could let farmers who sell land defer, reduce and even wipe out capital gains tax starting Jan. 1, 2027.
Two Midwest farmers share how ongoing cost pressures are reshaping their approach to harvest and planning for 2027.
Vision without a written plan is just a daydream. Here’s why putting your goals on paper, and doing the math, changes everything.
Tyler and Wendy Chambers have spent almost $300,000 in regulatory tape, yet the state has added a remarkable demand: Relinquish 44 acres or never build.