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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
As combines roll, Mosaic agronomist Tryston Beyrer says the fertility decisions made in the next 60 days — not next spring — will set the floor under 2027 yields.
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Enemy of the state? What is Julie Burgod’s alleged crime?
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The agency’s approved Small Refinery Exemptions totaling 1.76 billion RINs, but offset that by proposing to reallocate 770 million RINs for 2026 and 2027.
Environmental factors are behind this year’s crown rot surge. The disease is appearing in hybrids that agronomists say are rarely prone to having the problem.
Ground beef demand remains strong as cattle producers push back on Trump’s latest beef import plan that sent cattle prices sinking. Ranchers say consumers don’t have a beef price problem — they have a fuel price problem.
Record prices for older, low-hour tractors highlight strong demand as farmers look for alternatives to the price tag of new machinery.
Farmers face potentially thousands in added costs as diesel inventories hit 40-year lows.
Olivia Lulich has a big night ahead of her. She will represent her home state as Miss Wisconsin USA in the national pageant.
The joint venture could “cut roughly in half” finished imports of phosphate fertilizers.
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Red crown rot is now active in at least eight Midwest states. The significance of the disease is building. The Crop Protection Network estimates 7.7 million bushels of soybeans were lost in 2025 versus 121,000 bushels in 2024.
A 2013 Kubota M135GX, 2013 Bobcat S590 and a John Deere 4840 find new highs on the auction trail.
Yield champions Randy Dowdy and David Hula saw hybrid performance differ significantly this season in the same fields under the same management practices. Their evaluation process went beyond yield and can help corn growers working on their seed decisions for 2027.
“Dolly was a farmer just like her daddy. He farmed the soil, she farmed songs and happiness.”
Fifth-generation farmer partners with AI sprayer company to help family farms cut costs.
Research from Michigan State University links an early seeding window and 5‑inch row spacing with more wheat heads per square meter and double‑digit bushel gains.
Led by Blue River Technology co-founder Jorge Heraud, the startup says it can improve fertilizer placement.
Union rejection centers on how to share the company’s multi-billion-dollar profits amid market uncertainty.
Iowa State research reveals PI 88788 resistance is losing effectiveness at 2% per year, with yield losses potentially reaching 9 bushels per acre by decade’s end if management practices are unchanged.
Saturated soils and high winds have downed corn and sparked disease risks for it and soybeans. Here is how to adjust your harvest equipment and strategy now to save yield.
Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts discovered a corn crop that didn’t live up to expectations, with Pro Farmer pegging the national yield at 173.2 bu. per acre, well below USDA’s 180.7 current estimate.
Union’s counteroffer exceeds company proposal by roughly $500 million as workers prepare to vote on contract extension.
Pro Farmer National Forecast: Corn Falls Short of Last Year’s Record, But Soybeans Eye New Milestone
Scouts say early-season weather stress reduced corn ear counts and grain length and cut stands across the Corn Belt, but above-average soybean pod numbers mean farmers could harvest a record bean crop this fall.
Seeking to ease historic grocery inflation, the administration opens the doors to foreign beef, but the U.S. cattle industry says the move will hurt domestic herds. The announcement on Friday sent the futures markets lower.
Day 4 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour found a crop with plenty of potential — and plenty of hidden gaps. Fewer ears, shorter grain length and early-season stress are showing up in fields in parts of both states, complicating the yield picture.
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.
New research builds on growing state and federal scrutiny by asking what these laws could mean for land prices and productivity.