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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.
Corn harvest is just getting started for Rod Parkinson in Wataga, Ill., but early indications show fungicides kept disease pressure down and yields are holding steady.
New analysis from AccuWeather points to the increasing frequency of heavy rain events, resulting in greater flood risk
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It’s a head-scratcher situation: some Illinois farmers are reporting moisture levels in their corn are dropping only one point per week.
An outlaw ring poached giant bucks and allegedly stole trophy semen in one of the most astounding illegal hunting cases in U.S. history.
Good condition, used loader tractors continue to bring strong dollars on the used farm equipment auction circuit — and one Ohio auction-goer honored his great grandfather over the weekend.
Learn several inexpensive, easy ways that you can keep yourself, your family members and employees, and your neighbors safe this fall harvest season.
All it takes to spark a flame sometimes is a single high-temperature source in the engine area or an overheated bearing that ignites some dry plant material. Take control of the situation in advance by having a brief plan ready to implement. Communicate it to your family and employees.
Reacting to the news out of Argentina on Monday, U.S. soybean market prices were at their lowest levels in more than a month.
If EPA allows these waivers and the backlog of SREs from 2023 to 2025, without increasing the volumes in 2026 and 2027, it will mean lower biofuels production.
“I’ve had conversations with lawmakers on the hill, counterparts in the white house and across the cabinet. We are putting together options from A to Z, so when the President decides it’s time, we can step in,” she says.
While application season is still weeks away, retailers and other suppliers are encouraging farmers to reserve product now.
With most input prices still record or near-record high, farmers in parts of the country have seen eroding balance sheets for four straight years. Now the concern is more farmers will be forced out of farming this year, unless they see some type of market or government intervention.
Use one or more of these tips to reduce expenses, reallocate resources and build a fertility program that works well for your farm and gives you some peace of mind in the process.
Casey Seymour and Greg “Machinery Pete” Peterson dig deep into what it takes to move equipment in today’s volatile market, plus a candid look at economic headwinds — Fed policy, interest rates, tariffs, and commodities — and how they’re steering buyer decisions and seller strategies.
New survey gives a pulse of the current farm economy, deteriorating conditions, and what it could mean in the coming months.
In a statement issued to Farm Journal, John Deere says fewer machinery orders from farmers are coming in, so more layoffs are slated to hit factory workers in Des Moines and Waterloo.
It’s not disease hurting the Illinois corn and soybean crop this year. It’s dryness and drought. Ashland, Ill., farmer Brent Johnson says just two weeks into harvest, the dry finish to summer is eating into both his corn and soybean yields.
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The challenge of harvesting high moisture and high disease pressure corn is not one that all farmers have faced in their lifetimes. Here’s some quick pointers to keep in mind as you tackle a tough crop to harvest and store.
As farmers think about 2026 cropping plans, step one is to book fall fertilizer. However, those plans are leading to challenging discussions about profitability and what can be applied as a bare minimum.
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One of the online auction market’s pioneering trailblazers shares some pointers for both buyers and sellers.
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The crop took it on the chin this season, with some Iowa farmers reporting huge yield losses as harvest gets underway. A one-time fungicide application helped, but it wasn’t enough to buck severe disease pressure, allowing it to return.
A growing crisis is silently unfolding in agriculture. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. With mounting financial stress, that number could be on the rise this year.
The government is forcing producers to pick between two poisons: Accept below-market offers for property or drown in legal costs.
Sorghum advocates are using crop benefits to boost conservation, productivity and profitability for grain farmers.
The farm equipment auction busy season is here and Greg “Machinery Pete” Peterson has a pair of machines that sold last week that show used machinery values are strong and farmers are buying pre-DEF, well-maintained equipment.
Applying lessons learned from its first portal launched seven years ago, the Nutrien Ag Solutions Hub brings forward solutions for how farmers work with its ag retail business.