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From its committee meeting today, the Federal Reserve has decided to leave its target range for federal funds unchanged at 4.25% to 4.5%.
A roundup of news and product releases in ag robotics, artificial intelligence, and irrigation monitoring tech.
Take a quick spin around the country with three spray drone service providers as the summer crop spraying season heats up.
In an outrageously wild hoodwink, game wardens froze a roadkill buck and snagged a chain of outlaw hunters and coke.
Veronia Nigh, economist at The Fertilizer Institute, says there are three key drivers in fertilizer right now.
Farm stand and greenhouse triggers government regulations.
Two of the six largest Class 1 railroads are rumored to be seeking a merger to form the first-ever rail service network stretching from coast to coast.
Bonsai Robotics’ Teletrace helps connect all farm equipment, provides growers with data to better monitor and manage mixed fleets.
America’s Conservation Ag Movement explores how Valent U.S.A. is doubling down on sustainability, reviewing all products and innovation under that lens and investing in leadership to build out sustainable solutions strategy
With today’s tech-packed harvesting equipment costing up to $1 million or more, ensuring you’re not leaving kernels on the ground can help pay the bills. Hear how one farmer is outfitting his combine with aftermarket technology to drive profits higher.
In a bizarre swindle, three Indiana brothers and a Jersey brawler laundered 35 million gallons of biodiesel with death threats, diamonds, violence and a tower of lies.
In the first three months of 2025 there were 88 chapter 12 filings. In 2024 for the full year, there were 216 farm bankruptcies.
University of Waterloo research shows a single, targeted herbicide application from a spray drone can suppress invasive weed species in wetlands with over 99% effectiveness.
Technology overhaul, staffing upgrades at the local level and program tweaks aim to improve service for 23,000 farmers.
Max McKinney’s 6’x15’ shed on private farmland has been deemed a zoning violation by Washburn County, Wis., officials.
Paul Neiffer reviews the newly signed bill, and explains why he gives this bill a grade of B+ for most farmers.
The company says, facing industry pressure, it would release its laser weeder under a dual licensing mode and is considering relocating the company to Australia.
A quick Q&A with CEO Lukas Koch unveils an intriguing new program that hopes to layer disparate ag tech offerings into a systems approach that can drive return-on-investment at the field level.
While 69% of farmers expect to transfer their operation to the next generation of family members, too many are misplacing their time and efforts, according to The Williams Group. The company offers 5 recommendations that can help farmers and other business owners course correct.
The blazing summer temperatures are an urgent reminder to farmers and ranchers who work outside to to pay attention to their bodies and do everything they can to protect themselves from heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
USDA’s Brooke Rollins jumps to defend farm facing erasure by eminent domain.
A federal judge struck down government’s forced intrusions onto private property in Kansas.
We caught up with past Top Producer award winners as they reflect on the past and share what they wish they had known when they were just starting out in agriculture.
Nelson & Sons Farm in Louisiana, alongside the National Black Growers Council, is cultivating the next generation of black row crop farmers through in-field experience and customized youth programming.
Here are four pieces of gray-haired wisdom from the auction price guy.
Freshly graduated from Western Illinois University, Paige Pence is getting an entirely new learning experience this summer as she gets her feet wet farming the 4,500 acres originally pieced together by her first-generation farmer parents.
Transitions of any kind are hard — but farmland might be one of the toughest, says Steve Bohr of Farm Financial Strategies.
Caleb Ragland is hopeful his boys will have the opportunity to be the 10th generation to carry on the family’s farming roots, but he’s concerned the fallout from trade disruptions, high input costs and low commodity prices could deliver a death blow to that dream.
If the next generation isn’t coming back, it’s not the end. But it is time for a new plan.