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The ERS at the USDA tracks the effect of inflation (or to put it another way, less valuable money) on farmland prices. John Phipps looks at the numbers in relation to stepped-up basis.
The National FFA Organization announces it has named Scott Stump as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective Monday, June 21. Stump also takes the leadership role as CEO of the National FFA Foundation.
Ready to bank on innovation? Consider this advice to increase your profitability and decrease your bank risk.
Farmers’ questions answered about the carbon market and how it works.
John Phipps says not including younger generations in a moment to reflect on those who have who gone before and especially who risked much on our behalf, the custom of formal remembrance will slip away.
Need a little inspiration? From facing an F-5 tornado to battling cancer and beyond, these producers share stories of how they’ve overcome big challenges with grit and grace.
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The world’s largest meat producer was the latest victim of a cyberattack. And as the food chain relies more on automation and less on manual labor, cyberattacks may be a rising risk for the food chain.
Recently the world’s biggest jewelry retailer announced it would switch from mined diamonds to lab-produced. There are similarities in genetically modified diamonds and genetically modified foods. John Phipps explains.
Many economic factors are at play in the ag industry, everything from stimulus money to higher commodity prices to historically low interest rates. How will these issues impact your farm?
One week after a cyberattack shut down meat packing plants in three countries, U.S. officials seized the cryptocurrency payment that was made during the Colonial Pipeline hack less than a month earlier.
The London Metal Exchange has abandoned proposals to close its open outcry trading floor, the last such venue in Europe, it said on Tuesday, but added it believes electronic trading is the future.
China has breached the inner walls of the U.S. agriculture industry in what has arguably been the most expansive heist in farming history.
The organization unveiled a new report on Tuesday, showcasing corn growers’ sustainability accomplishments and goals.
Here’s what to consider if you are weighing a land purchase.
The June 1 Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows farmer sentiments declined significantly in May.
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing last week for President Biden’s nominee to be an assistant Secretary of the Treasury, which included a focus on possible tax changes that could impact farmers and ranchers.
The latest round of agricultural credit condition surveys from the Federal Reserve banks shows improved strength in the agricultural economy.
Farm Journal has announced that a #FarmONTM Benefit Concert will be presented in partnership with the National FFA Foundation on Thursday, August 26, at Frahm Farmland in Colby, KS.
You can’t avoid all risk on the farm. But, a strong farm liability insurance policy greatly reduces your risk.
From carbon adjustment mechanisms and energy to infrastructure and innovation, John Kerry shares five points geared to hold global warming to a 1.5-degree Celsius limit.
Multi-story hog farrowing and finishing buildings, often in megaplexes with tens of thousands of pigs in China. And according to John Phipps, there may be some benefits to the buildings.
JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Monday the bank is holding around $500 billion in cash, putting it in a position to benefit from higher interest rates.
Shawn Boler’s great-grandfather once owned the acres he now oversees and plans to preserve for future generations, thanks to the Keeping it in the Family Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention program
Dr. Rick Haney joins the Field Work podcast to discuss the soil health test he developed helped farmers get a true picture of what was going on beneath the surface.
Futures on the federal funds rate on Wednesday raised bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy in early 2023 after Fed projections showed at least two rate increases that year.
The pandemic may be easing, but the job market remains complicated.
If the Michigan project continues on pace, the company would break ground this fall with the facility being completed in the next three years.
Economic stability and growth are returning to rural America.
Have you seen the shift in your area? Once-sleepy farmland prices are awake and shooting higher.