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John Phipps acknowledges the challenges in transition planning from one generation to the next. This week, he shares insights on why no transition will be successful if there is no trust nor respect between generations.

U.S. farmers’ optimism about current and future conditions are seeing a sharp decline to start the summer, as a monthly gauge of producer sentiments hit the lowest reading since July 2020.

Farmers commonly focus their attention on conservation planning by thinking through issues that deal with nutrient management or soil health. Water quality considerations dovetail with many of these planning activities.

Wet weather forecasts across the Midwest caused commodity prices to tank Tuesday, with soybean oil and corn hitting the daily limits lower. Much of the Midwest is forecast to receive rain at key pollination time.

As Tropical Storm Elsa neared landfall Wednesday, Meteorologist Eric Snodgrass says the early start to the hurricane season may be a strong sign of an active hurricane season ahead.

As June closed on a wetter note for portions of the Midwest, three agricultural meteorologists forecast July, indicating continued rains for the corn crop in some areas, but drastic drought areas growing even drier.

Have you caught the travel bug after many months at home? Would you like to combine some tour sights and sounds with a little agriculture?

Patrick Montgomery is in the business of delivering customers the best steaks they’ll ever eat. Along the way, he may have just created the best hot dog anyone has ever tasted as well.

During periods of rising corn and soybean prices, costs of fertilizer, pesticides, and other inputs rise in tandem.

Contrary to popular opinion in the world of corn farming, startling new data shows that the variability in cornstalks is actually greater in higher-yielding corn acres rather than lower-yielding tracts.