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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.
Over the next several weeks, growers will be determining how much yield potential remains in their corn and soybean crops impacted by damaging rains and wind storms.
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Fall weeds can create spring headaches. Here’s how to time burndown applications successfully.
As school starts earlier and state fairs hold their late-summer slots, farm kids across America face an impossible choice: Show livestock and honor family legacy or show up for practice and keep their spot on the team.
A severe Midwest storm system is producing destructive 100+ mph winds from Chicago to northwest Indiana as farmers survey field damage.
Farmers hoping for rent relief in 2027 may face a tough reality: land values are holding firm, and cash rents are slow to follow margins lower.
Hiring help is never easy, but waiting too long can cost more than the paycheck.
After a $100,000 loss and rising weed resistance, Matt Griggs says he knew he had to make some big changes. His tough decisions helped the 144-year-old farm survive and prosper.
The WASDE report coming Wednesday is highly anticipated after last year’s corn yield shock of 188.8 bpa.
Joel Gross contends a retaliatory hammer dropped on his operation, costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
With varying degrees of severity being reported, agronomists and growers are evaluating whether to spray this late in the season. Check out the Crop Protection Network interactive map to see if the disease is in or near your county.
Trucks headline a diverse Iowa estate auction that also featured a 1981 IH 3288 that sold for $36,000.
Cattle producer Rich Stierwalt was checking an electric fence when a Civil War-era penny surfaced — prompting calls, careful handling and a new connection to history.
Rain and cooler temps were welcome after intense July heat, though the high temps have returned in the mid- to lower Midwest, raising concern for the soybean crop as it advances through its most critical growth stage.
After years of dry falls, a historic El Niño could cut U.S. farmers’ fall field-workable days by 20%, Nutrien’s Eric Snodgrass warns, while drying delays and flat acreage threaten Brazil and Argentina’s 2026-2027 crop.
Some simple field checks this summer can reveal whether you’re planting a specific hybrid too thick, too thin, or just right — good insight to have before you order seed for next season.
Sentiment in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor is improving and no one sees the downturn deepening, but interest rates, elevated input costs and corn’s shaky price outlook still cloud the path to 2027.
The right cover crop strategy can help corn silage acres do more, from holding nutrients and reducing erosion to producing another crop of forage.
Senate Ag Committee’s 10-11 farm bill vote stalls the legislation, but a bipartisan 17-6 vote on mandatory country-of-original labeling keeps mandatory beef labeling alive for a potential September revote.
Agronomists detail how your variety selections and planting strategy might need to adapt to better manage risk during the growing season and protect yield at harvest.
A year after StoneX’s survey shocked the market, two StoneX economists sit down for an exclusive interview, saying this year’s numbers tell a very different story about what will drive prices.
As the U.S. dairy industry races toward fewer than 20,000 farms by decade’s end, the economics of overhead, the psychology of scale and the power dynamics of vertical integration are rewriting the rules of who survives — and who thrives.
Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman says if the bill is not passed out of committee on Thursday, it would be “very, very difficult” to get a Farm Bill passed this year. The chairman says the SNAP state cost share delays will be a hang-up for some Democrats.
As input costs remain elevated, fall lease deadlines are putting renewed focus on cash rents and farmland values.
Beyond feedlot death loss, cow-calf herds face hard-to-measure hits in sickness, weight gain, foot health and future calf performance when heat and humidity stack up.
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.
The latest product in Corteva’s lineup can go on fields as a pre or post, targets more than 36 broadleaf weeds and grasses, and provides up to four weeks of residual control.
August auctions feature late-model John Deere equipment from Iowa to Illinois, including a 104-year-old farmer’s low-hour fleet.
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The best-fitting products aren’t just the ones that deliver high yield potential — they’re the ones that help farmers maintain profitability under challenging conditions.
Agronomists urge farmers to scout, treat and communicate any significant losses to landlords and bankers prior to harvest.