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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…]

A Wisconsin farmer is urging Congress to get the nationwide E15 deal done. Mike Berget is a representative of the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board, the state’s corn checkoff program.  He tells Brownfield that farmers did [Read More…]

A professor of weed science at the University of Illinois says the U.S. EPA’s decision to issue new labels for three over-the-top dicamba products in soybeans and cotton means farmers and applicators will need to [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Soybeans are watching rain chances for Argentina and monitoring crop quality concerns in parts of Brazil. The USDA did raise its production estimate for Brazil this [Read More…]

At the, Chicago Mercantile Exchange ,live and feeder cattle futures closed sharply higher, feeling optimistic about this week’s direct cash cattle business. April live was up $3.55 at $240.97 and June was $2.77 higher at [Read More…]

Mar. corn $4.27 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans $11.24, up 1 and 1/2 centsMar. soybean meal $303.00, up $2.20Mar. soybean oil 57.05, down 22 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.37 and 1/4, up 9 [Read More…]

A National Corn Growers Association board member says ethanol supporters can’t ease up on the push for permanent, year-round E15 sales. “I’ve been working on it close to 14 years,” Kelly Nieuwenhuis said. “We are [Read More…]

The director of retail credit underwriting at Farm Credit Mid-America says producers have an opportunity to strengthen their financial position in 2026. Gary Book says regularly reviewing balance sheets can help farmers identify problems before they [Read More…]

An agricultural engineering professor at Ohio State University says a new research program is showing the critical role farmers play in reducing nutrient runoff into Lake Erie. Jay Martin says producers are adopting new conservation [Read More…]

An organic grain farmer says the sector is also being strained by the challenging ag economy.  Fourth-generation farmer Mark Vollmar tells Brownfield he was one of the first growers to transition to organic in his [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production shot higher last week as winter weather eased, allowing full schedules to resume. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.11 million barrels per day, up 154,000 on the week and [Read More…]

A farm business management educator says local marketing resources can help farmers buffer expected disparities in the wheat market. Jon LaPorte with Michigan State University Extension says wheat prices are expected to be down at [Read More…]

A farmer in southeastern Minnesota is harnessing the power of the sun.  Dale Stevermer grows corn, soybeans, oats, and has a 2,000 head custom finishing hog operation near Easton.  He says he installed solar panels [Read More…]

Ag economist Scott Irwin with the University of Illinois says passing legislation for year-round E15 is just one of several hurdles to overcome in expanding the corn-based biofuels market. “It’s not a mandate. We will [Read More…]