Month: December 2025

The senior vice president with First National Bank Omaha says the recent interest rate cut might help improve the bottom line for farmers. Barry Benson says the quarter-percent drop could lower expenses on certain operating [Read More…]

U.S. turkey numbers remain tight, but there is at least one sign of potential expansion in the USDA’s monthly supply update. The number of turkeys hatched during November 2025 were down 3% on the year [Read More…]

The USDA says cheese and butter production levels were higher in October and the prior month, as supplies and processing capacity have increased. Total cheese production was 1.26 billion pounds, a rise of more than [Read More…]

The executive director with the Kansas Farmers Union says the decline in demand for U.S. sorghum has put producers under intense economic pressure.   Nick Levendofsky says prices have remained below $3 per bushel. “You [Read More…]

A pair of ag finance experts say the current lending environment could play a role in shaping next year’s economic outlook. Matt Eldridge with First Farmers Bank and Trust says the latest interest rate cut [Read More…]

Missouri Soybeans Director of Licensing and Commercialization Bryan Stobaugh says work continues on several tolerance projects, like a Soybean Cyst Nematode resistant genetic trait for soybeans and the U.S. Soybean Genetics Collaborative. Listen to this [Read More…]

Indiana Farm Bureau’s president says members are focused on implementing policies that support the state’s ag industry in 2026. Randy Kron says the organization is encouraging investments in agriculture.  “There’s a lot more opportunities off the farm than there is on the farm, so consolidation happens and [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, very cold weather lingers in the Great Lakes States and the Ohio Valley, with sub-0°F temperatures noted early today in portions of both regions.  Across Illinois, daily-record low temperatures on Sunday, [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures across the nation’s northern tier.  Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation along and east of [Read More…]