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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.
Everyone gets a seat at the data feast, except the American farmer.
Models can’t yet tell you exactly when New World screwworm will reach your area. Cattle movements, weather and reporting will decide how far — and how fast — it goes.
A three-year break-even is typical, but certain field conditions, farm practices and cost-share programs can move your ROI into the black sooner.
In the ongoing restructuring, Deputy Secretary Vaden explains how the agency will retain institutional knowledge while relocating operations to rural America.
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The words spoken around the table can open the door to healing, hope and the courage to ask for help when it matters most.
The USDA strike team uses dispersal by air and vehicle along with ground release chambers to keep the devastating flesh‑eating pest from gaining a foothold in U.S. livestock and wildlife.
Unexpected disease patterns, shifting crop susceptibility, and fungicide resistance are changing every spray decision.
After waiting months for much-needed moisture, heavy rainfall is turning early-summer fieldwork into a high-stakes scramble for some Midwest farmers.
A two-pass boron strategy at bloom and pod set shows consistent yield payoffs across the Corn Belt, though agronomists warn the line between benefit and toxicity can be narrow.
While big-ticket items are seeing a slight pullback, a scarcity of 5- to 12-year-old inventory is driving record values for dependable machinery.
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In an era of rapid automation, your boots-on-the-ground intuition is the most valuable data point an algorithm can have.
AgLaunch enables farmers to earn ownership stakes in startups by providing field trials, data and expertise—and it’s paying off.
Promising new technologies are entering the market, but large-scale corn and soybean farmers often face a frustrating bottleneck.
After 60 years of successful eradication, NWS has been detected in Texas. Understand the history of this parasite, the science behind the Sterile Insect Technique and USDA and TAHC’s actions to protect the U.S. livestock industry.
The Canadian bankruptcy court continues to support Monette Farms’ efforts to restructure and satisfy creditors.
Nutrien’s new retail lead, Nathan Packer, explains why AI is an “enabler, more so than a disruptor” while outlining his strategy to bridge local relationships with world-class digital capabilities.
Explore the three buckets of AI, the future of autonomous farming, and how retailers can overcome “data fatigue” to deliver real-world ROI and profitability to their grower customers.
Labeled as outlaws and facing millions in penalties, Wade and Teresa King face a state government hellbent on environmental justice.
Customizable steering, advanced transmission controls and autonomous-ready features headline the 250-to-410 hp lineup.
Ken Ferrie lays out a strategy for farmers struggling with ponded corn acres after rains soak parts of the Midwest.
Is your operation ready for “proteinification” and the impact of GLP-1 drugs? Wells Fargo’s Brad Matsik breaks down the 5 macro trends reshaping agribusiness and explains why the bank is “tripling down” on succession and capital solutions for large-scale producers.
While others sign letters of intent for college athletics or academic programs, one 18-year-old Evansville, Ind., senior made a commitment to join his dad on the farm, after gun violence nearly changed their legacy forever.
Though fire reduced her grandparent’s milking parlor to rubble, the tragedy only strengthened Makenna Skiff’s resolve to rebuild and carry on the dairy legacy her grandparents started more than 50 years ago.
Prioritize specific agronomic outcomes—like erosion control or nitrogen fixation—before opening the seed catalog.
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Rena Striegel says successful farm transitions don’t start at retirement; they begin years earlier. The Transition Point president shares why early conversations can help preserve family farms and reduce succession stress.
When a 3-day-old calf at Rock Creek Ranch had a suspicious navel, Robbie Graff acted fast. Explore the response to the first U.S. screwworm case since it was eradicated in 1966 and why early reporting is the industry’s best defense.
NOAA officially declared El Niño on Thursday and says the climate pattern has a 63% chance of reaching “very strong” status by fall, potentially shaping U.S. weather through harvest and winter.