Ag News

Across the Corn Belt, temperatures remain nearly ideal for filling to maturing summer crops, although soil moisture greatly varies across the region. Monday’s high temperatures will mostly range from 75 to 85°F, with some readings [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall across much of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the Pacific Northwest and parts of [Read More…]

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says she supports President Trump’s proposal to temporarily ease restrictions on imported beef. “I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a president that has been more supportive of agriculture [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, finishing the week with strong gains. Beans had an up and down end to the week while watching late development weather. A major private crop tour [Read More…]

A specialist sees several challenges facing rural communities. Leah Thiele is director of rural capital solutions with Compeer Financial and says she focuses on business and entrepreneurship. “We’ve actually been doing a lot of research [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday to end the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.7025. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0050 to $1.5275. No sales were reported.  [Read More…]

President Trump has announced a deal that he says will lower beef prices for American consumers.  According to his post on Truth Social, for the next 90 days, the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 [Read More…]

The president of Kansas State University says its new innovation and research center will be a game changer for the future of the ag industry. Richard Linton says the L. Eldon Gideon Agronomy Research and [Read More…]

The organic grain mentorship coordinator with The Land Connection says the struggling economy is taking its toll on many specialty growers. Katie Bishop says it’s important that producers, no matter their size, form a relationship [Read More…]

The President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation says a potential trade agreement with Canda could improve market access for the industry.   Gregg Doud says the Trump administration intended to impose a [Read More…]

A new partnership between Ohio State University and ag tech company Emergent is using artificial intelligence to help improve crop production practices. Scott Shearer, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Ohio State, says RipLINK [Read More…]

Profit margins remain tight heading into harvest, but Ben Brown with University of Missouri Extension says there are still opportunities for farmers to make the 2026 crop profitable. With yields variable, he says producers should [Read More…]

USDA is taking feedback from Missouri farmers on how to improve and modernize data collection and rebuild farmer trust during the Missouri State Fair. One common theme from a roundtable on Thursday — stop asking [Read More…]

An ethanol plant in north-central Iowa is gearing up for harvest. Dave Sovereign is chairman of the board at Golden Grain Energy in Mason City. “We’re getting things cleaned up and making room. Making sure [Read More…]

Soybeans were mixed, mostly higher. Soybeans were watching a major private crop tour, which has reported lower than a year ago pod counts in some areas. That would impact supply, and demand is good, but [Read More…]

From farm policy and industry concerns, to a longstanding fair tradition, ag was front and center at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. It was a cool, foggy and muddy day for the event after 2.5 inches [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.78 and 3/4, up 5 and 3/4 centsSep. soybeans $12.20 and 3/4, down 1 and 1/2 centsSep. soybean meal $315.70, down $2.40Sep. soybean oil 71.18, up 132 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.82 and 3/4, [Read More…]

The executive vice president of the Illinois Beef Association says work continues to assist producers impacted by the abrupt closure of the Tyson beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois. Josh St. Peters says thousands of [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were up and feeders were mostly higher, preparing for widespread direct business and Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed report. October live cattle was $.77 higher at $218.00 and December [Read More…]

The government relations director with the Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) says rising health insurance costs are adding to the financial squeeze on farmers. Michelle Ramirez-White says the subsidy changes within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [Read More…]