Soybeans farmers in southwestern Iowa are engaged in a frustrating battle with a new pest called soybean gall midge. Read More »

The September 12 WASDE report forecast the second largest corn crop on record and record soybeans yields, leading to higher ending stock projections for both crops. Read More »

December corn prices approached contract lows not seen since the second week of July as August ended. Read More »

A shutdown in soybean exports from the Pacific Northwest is sounding some alarms in North Dakota as farmers who typically sell soybeans at harvest directly for export likely face the prospects of storing those beans for several months. Read More »

What is the last line of defense between a full-blown farm economic crisis and current times? Read More »

The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said lawmakers made progress on the farm bill’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program language – long seen as the bill’s biggest stumbling block – after leaders of the House and Senate agriculture panels met today. Read More »

A scorching hot, dry summer has ended five years of plenty in many wheat producing countries and drawn down the reserves of major exporters to their lowest level since 2007/08, when low grain stocks contributed to food riots across Africa and Asia. Read More »

U.S. corn and soybeans still appear to be on pace for what could be an earlier-than-normal harvest, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service’s weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Read More »

Congress has completed the procedural steps necessary to begin conference negotiations on the two 2018 farm bills produced by the House and Senate (Rodriguez Aug. 1, 2018). Read More »

Corn production is forecast at 14.6 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from last year. Read More »

Emerging markets for grains and ethanol provided a bright spot for U.S. farmers, agribusinesses and industry officials at the U.S. Grains Council’s 58th Annual Board of Delegates meeting in Denver. Read More »

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $97 million in 12 projects (PDF, 104 KB) to provide or improve rural broadband service in 11 states. Read More »

The U.S. is taking comments on a proposal to ramp up tariffs from 10% to 25% on a wide swath of Chinese imports, including fresh garlic and other fruits and vegetables. Read More »

Growers of plums for prunes in California are trying to get the most out of what is expected to be an 80,000-ton crop this year, down 24 percent from the 105,000 tons harvested in 2017, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service predictions. Read More »

On Thursday, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released three updates that provide current insight into the state of the U.S. Read More »

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), today announced the August 9, 2018 launch event for its InsurTech Alliance Read More »

East Lansing - Experts in agriculture commodities and labor management as well as new dairy technologies will present their latest information at a two producer forums on August 7 at the Franklin Inn in Bad Axe and August 15 at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville. Read More »

A first term congressman from Kentucky has been chosen to serve on the conference committee assigned to negotiate a final version of the federal farm bill. Read More »

Farmers rushed to save their livelihoods as a wildfire roared through vast Oregon wheat fields Thursday and crushed their hopes at the peak of what was expected to be one of the most bountiful harvests in years. Read More »

Before the U.S.-China trade war, American pig processors exported nine out of every 10 pigs’ feet and heads they shipped overseas to China and Hong Kong – for prices higher than they would fetch anywhere else. Read More »