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As federal policy decisions tend to heavily impact rural industries, the outcome of the 2024 election promises to significantly shape the rural economy in the year ahead. CoBank’s annual report outlines what to expect.

CPC said, “Weak La Niña conditions would be less likely to result in conventional winter impacts, though predictable signals could still influence the forecast guidance.”

Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing, says corn ended lower on a combination of profit taking and farmer selling after running into chart resistance.

Corn has been outperforming soybeans as of late, are the tides about to turn?

Matt Boos of Agrigrowth Consulting says his most successful farmer clients always have more than one revenue stream. But there’s one strategy he recommends to help to shorten the learning curve.

Rebecca Sip shares about the challenges she’s faced navigating a gradual generational transition of their family farm, the importance of continual learning and the role of humility each and every day.

Mark Schultz, NorthStar Commodity, says corn and soybeans are overbought and failed to get above resistance on the charts which is triggering profit taking. Live cattle make new highs for the move on sharply higher cash trade.

EPA’s investigation into used cooking oil (UCO) imports is directly related to biofuel tax incentives and compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Clinton Griffiths is the host of AgDay, the Editor of Farm Journal magazine, and a key contributor to AgWeb.com.

Many dealerships offer annual inspections of tractors, combines, planters and other big-ticket machinery. Some farmers value annual inspections. Others consider them a waste of money. Here’s a mechanic’s experience and opinion.