Compeer is proud to be partnering with South Central College as a sponsor of the 2019 Ag Symposium “New Tools for New Rules”. Read More »

After averaging $111 per head in 2017, net returns averaged a loss of $45 per head in 2018. Read More »

American Soybean Association (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) leaders joined Cambodian and U.S. government officials and partners today in Phnom Penh to launch a strategic partnership that will grow trade and development of Cambodia’s important aquaculture sector Read More »

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Talk with your Dairy RP certified DCIS agent to get a quote with today’s updated prices. Read More »

We are proud to be sponsoring an upcoming webinar with the Dairy Business Association on Wednesday, February 6 at 1:00 PM. Read More »

The House passed Jan. 16 the Disaster Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 268) by a vote of 237 to 187, and the bill includes an amendment to increase emergency assistance to farmers impacted by natural disasters such as Hurricane Michael in 2018. Read More »

Representatives for European agriculture insist Europe will be open to more agricultural products from the U.S. even as the European Union has omitted agriculture from its priority items in negotiating a cross-Atlantic trade deal. Read More »

Since 2001, Michigan residents have been able to show their agriculture pride on their vehicle through the specialized Agricultural Heritage Plate. Read More »

North Carolina’s recently appointed assistant commissioner of agriculture is ringing warning bells that the nuisance lawsuits facing the state’s hog farmers are a threat to all of agriculture and it is vital that farmers make their voices known to the 98 percent of the population not involved in agriculture. Read More »

Producers will gain farm program flexibility and modestly larger support from the federal safety net in the 2018 Farm Bill, which takes effect with 2019 crops. Read More »

OMAHA (DTN) -- Expected court decisions on the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule early in 2019 likely will clear up any confusion farmers, ranchers and other landowners have on jurisdictional questions. Read More »

OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and wholesale drug distributors contributed to the worsening opioid addiction epidemic in West Virginia, a new Congressional report on an 18-month investigation concluded, by not closely monitoring the flow of opioid painkillers into rural areas of the state. Read More »

With global mill use set to break records and cotton prices seeing their highest value since 2013-2014, Jon Devine, Cotton Incorporated’s senior economist, paints a mostly good news picture for cotton growers. Read More »

OMAHA (DTN) -- In a hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday, biofuel interests stood their ground and told lawmakers a proposal to replace the Renewable Fuel Standard with a high-octane standard essentially would leave biofuels in the dust. Read More »

Leaders at USDA are taking their case to President Donald Trump to approve the second round of trade-aid payments to farmers after spending recent weeks “arm wrestling” with staff at the White House Office of Management and Budget over the Market Facilitation Program and its costs, USDA’s second in command said Thursday. Read More »

Lawmakers have come to a preliminary consensus on the 2018 Farm Bill after months of heated debate. Read More »

Senator Hoeven announced USDA is providing flexibility for farmers with crop insurance who are unable to get into their fields to harvest by the December 10 deadline. Read More »

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, said late Wednesday that he and the other agriculture committee leaders have reached an “agreement in principle” on the farm bill, but there are more details to be worked out. Read More »

An early season blast of cold and snow whipped through the heartland Nov. 26, halting what has been a challenging harvest for many growers in both Michigan and Wisconsin. Read More »