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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed multiple requests to hold biofuels litigation in abeyance because of the federal government shutdown.

With soybean oil used in biofuel production set to soar in 2025-26 (assuming a short government shutdown), there is no room for exports to see a repeat of last year's surge. Yet the market may be allowing it.

A survey shows younger Americans are more willing than their elders to accept violence as a response to offensive speech.

Recalling the challenges, and ultimate successes, of my family's immigration gives me empathy for those being turned away today.

Soil moisture is rated wet over high-production Kansas winter wheat districts as the new winter wheat cycle begins.

AGCO is looking at a range of alternative fuels to accommodate different farmer needs across the globe. At the lower horsepower end, it is examining uses for electrification. AGCO is looking at applications for larger machinery, not yet commercially available, but powered by other...

Percent that USDA's September 1 corn in all stocks estimate deviated from the average trade estimate and percent change in the USDA's old crop U.S. corn ending stocks estimate from the September to October WASDE reports vs. percent of Sep 1 corn stocks stored on...

USDA's Lapse of Funding Plan spells out what positions and obligations at various agencies will continue to operate and which agency activities will be halted. All told, USDA will furlough 42,256 employees out of 85,907 total employees across the department.

It's likely the futures market could struggle again this week because of the seasonal downturn in both boxed beef and fed cash cattle prices.

A recently proposed merger of the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads is already receiving backlash from rail-served customers.

After a front produced some areas of heavy rain this week to start off wet-season rainfall in central Brazil, the showers have dried up and are forecast to be very spotty through early October.

Maximizing your corn crop's value is a balancing act between getting as many kernels out of the field as possible at the most economic moisture for your farming operations.

Success requires continuous improvement, and there's no better program than TEPAP. Applications for the week-long business bootcamp are due Oct. 31.

The jury is still out on the 2025 soybean crop; but a decision may be close at hand. Dryness in parts of the southern and eastern Midwest in August might very well have compromised yield to some extent. However, there is a far bigger issue facing soybean growers and...