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The 2026 Fort Wayne Farm Show is set for January 13-15 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. AUDIO: Dan Slowinski, Fort Wayne Farm Show Director The post A look ahead [Read More…]

An ag economist says he’s watching how the Trump administration reviews the U.S. Canada Mexico Trade Agreement. Allen Featherstone with Kansas State University with says the Trump administration has hinted that completely withdrawing from the [Read More…]

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index reveals the rural economy has climbed above growth neutral for just the second time in 2025. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss tells Brownfield rural bank CEOs feel economic conditions are [Read More…]

One ag group says the Trump administration’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program fails to benefit organic and specialty crop growers.  Nicole Wolcott, policy coordinator for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, says $1 billion isn’t enough to [Read More…]

GROWMARK has announced it will construct a state-of-the-art biological crop input manufacturing facility at the site of its St. Louis, Missouri-based AgraForm facility. The new biologicals plant will focus on manufacturing biological crop inputs for [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, a shot of cold air trails a departing cold front.  Friday morning’s minimum temperatures fell below 0°F as far south as northern Iowa.  Early Friday, snow showers are occurring downwind of [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 in parts of  the Northeast and Pacific Northwest.  Meanwhile, below-normal precipitation in most areas [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower, watching direct business develop and ahead of Friday’s On Feed numbers from the USDA.  February live cattle close d$1.15 lower at $228.40 and April [Read More…]

A financial officer for Farm Credit Services of America says cattle producers need to know what their working capital is. Cody Griffin tells Brownfield, “In times like these, we’ve got a lot of dollars at [Read More…]

A professor at the University of Illinois says the Trump administration’s announced Farmer Bridge Assistance Program is expected to help many farmers get back to break even. Nick Paulsen tells Brownfield, “$50 give or take [Read More…]

A northeast Nebraska farmer says market uncertainty is making it harder to plan for 2026. Adam Boeckenhauer says he won’t be shifting to more soybean acres because of demand concerns. “We’ll be a little heavy [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Forecasts do have drier weather in parts of Argentina starting early next year, but conditions in the rest of South American mostly look good. That drier pattern [Read More…]

The president of the South Dakota Farmers Union says he’s concerned thinking about the farm economy heading in 2026. “It’s kind of like deja vu all over again.” Doug Sombke says the situation is like [Read More…]

The executive director of the Illinois Pork Producers Association says a long-standing partnership among several agricultural organizations is helping to feed those in need this holiday season. Jennifer Tirey says the Illinois Pork Power program [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s 2025 winner of Farm Bureau’s Farming for the Future award says the best advice for new farmers is to remember, farming is a business. Stephanie Abts and her husband Keith milk 225 cows, raise [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.0150 at $0.7050.  Four sales were recorded at $0.71. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.03 at $1.3675.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.40.  No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were down $0.0275 at $1.44. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4375 to $1.44.  Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0025 at $1.1550.  Seven sales were recorded at that price.  The post [Read More…]

An extension ag economist is watching soybean export business to close out what should be a quiet end to 2025. Chad Hart with Iowa State University says there’s typically not a lot of market activity [Read More…]

An ag economics professor at Kansas State University says the concerns of today’s ag economy are different than the 1980s farm crisis.   Megan Hughes says there have been a few changes. “We were seeing [Read More…]

The USDA continues to develop a vaccine strategy for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Minnesota turkey grower John Zimmerman, a past president of the National Turkey Federation, says he hopes stakeholders have an opportunity to weigh [Read More…]

A market analyst says high input costs could discourage farmers from planting corn in 2026. Tanner Ehmke with CoBank says he expects an acreage shift to soybeans. “Soybeans really step out as the one taking [Read More…]