Year: 2026

Spring fieldwork is likely less than two months away for farmers in southern Minnesota. Wes Beck grows corn and soybeans near St. James and says the recent warmup has him excited for the 2026 growing [Read More…]

Southwest Indiana farmer John Richer says he continues to adjust the budget for his farm.    “If there’s cheaper options out there for chemicals,” he says.  “We’ve instead of putting a lot more like chemical [Read More…]

The Senate Finance Committee examined the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Thursday, weighing its benefits and where changes may be needed. Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, praised the agreement’s role in improving farm profitability [Read More…]

Three pieces of legislation farmers are watching closely had votes at the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday. In the Senate, Senate Bill 622 freezing fees for animal markets, dealers, truckers, and transport vehicles passed by a [Read More…]

An appraiser with Farm Credit Illinois says there seems to be a shift occurring in the farmland market. Laura Enger, newly elected president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, tells [Read More…]

The vice president of the South Putnam FFA chapter says members are helping restore natural habitats and improve the biodiversity of native plants in Indiana. Stone Staunch says students developed the Back to Our Roots program as [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, lingering cold weather is mostly confined to the Great Lakes States.  The colder areas generally overlap where fields and forests are still blanketed by snow.  Wednesday’s Midwestern high temperatures will remain [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures in the Great Basin and Pacific Coast States, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast.  Meanwhile, [Read More…]