Ag News

The Illinois Corn Marketing Board is actively working to build consumer confidence in modern agriculture and Illinois corn. In this Managing for Profit, Lindsay Croke, Director of Communications and Marketing at Illinois Corn, explains how [Read More…]

The federal budget reconciliation bill, often called the “one big, beautiful bill” by President Trump, includes a tax extension beneficial to the biofuels industry. The bill offered by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason [Read More…]

Drain tile systems have been in farm fields for much of the last century, but finding older tile lines for maintenance or repair can be hard, depending on soil type, terrain, and other factors.  University [Read More…]

Significant planting progress has been made across much of Kentucky. But that’s not the case for Caleb Ragland of Magnolia. “We were able to get about 40% of our corn planted in late April,” he [Read More…]

Nathan Alpers, a farmer in central Missouri, says the weather forecast is finally good for baling triticale. “For a week, at least in central Missouri, we have basically no chance of rain until late in [Read More…]

A ag educator says farmers can benefit from knowing more about drain tile, and the location of older systems installed on their farms. Kevin Erb with the University of Wisconsin Extension tells Brownfield well-drained soil [Read More…]

USDA’s May Supply and Demand report shows milk production is likely to rise in 2025 and 2026.  The May 12th update shows the trend for an expanding milk cow herd and slightly higher milk per [Read More…]

Most corn and rice in planting in Arkansas has been completed, and work continues to get the other crops in. Ninety-two percent of the state’s corn is now planted, up 6% from last week and [Read More…]

2025 U.S. winter wheat production is expected to be up 2% from 2024. The USDA currently has the crop at 1.382 billion bushels, with a year-to-year improvement in yield to 53.7 bushels per acre expected [Read More…]

With more than 65% of U.S. soybean acres planted to Enlist E3 soybeans, farmers across the country have found great success with the Enlist weed control system from Corteva Agriscience. Nebraska farmer Grady Johnson, owner [Read More…]

The U.S. soybean and corn markets responded higher as the U.S. and China agreed on temporary reductions in tariffs for the next 90 days. “This agreement brings U.S. tariffs down to 30 percent and China’s [Read More…]

The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the USDA’s currently frozen Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) grant program may be returning. “In communications with USDA, we are being told that it in fact [Read More…]

The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider its portion of the budget reconciliation bill, which includes elements of the farm bill, Tuesday evening. Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-IL) says this isn’t how a farm bill [Read More…]

The USDA has suspended imports of live cattle, bison, and horses from Mexico through southern ports of entry due to the continued northward spread of New World Screwworm. In a release issued Sunday, Ag Secretary [Read More…]

A plant pathologist says farmers should be on the lookout for tar spot. “We found tar spot in 46 of our 66 counties last year.” Connie Strunk with South Dakota State University Extension says the [Read More…]

Ag meteorologist Drew Lerner says there will be a short window where Delta farmers might get some planting or fieldwork completed, starting Wednesday. “The window will be somewhat limited, but farmers should be able to [Read More…]

More significant black cutworm moth flights are being reported in parts of the Upper Midwest. Bruce Potter with the Minnesota Cooperative Black Cutworm Trapping Network says the bulk of captures are happening in south-central and [Read More…]

Unseasonably warm conditions are causing some concern for emerging crops in west-central Minnesota. Anne Schwagerl farms in Big Stone County and says temperatures could reach the 90’s this weekend. “And I’m watching the little corn [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower with boxed beef down at midday. June live cattle closed $.42 higher at $214.67 and August live cattle closed $.42 lower [Read More…]

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says Congress is finalizing the President’s “one big, beautiful bill”. Congressman Jason Smith of Missouri says, “We’re going to deliver a pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-farmer, and [Read More…]