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The Federal Reserve resumed cutting interest rates after holding them steady for nine months. Future cuts seem likely, but how fast and how far remain uncertain.

A tornado outbreak on Sept. 14, 2025, pushed the North Dakota yearly tornado total past the old record of 61 from 1999.

The value of agricultural trade was rising the U.S., Mexico and Canada under the USMCA for all three countries until this year, though statistics show USMCA also has been a major factor in increasing the U.S. agricultural trade deficit.

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

With the market's fundamentals not expected to lend much support in upcoming weeks, as seasonally this is a time in which fed prices typically regress and boxed beef prices do too, it's easy to see why the futures complex could be subject to a short season of edginess.

In 2026, more pesticide labels are likely to require measures to protect endangered species. EPA is offering a webinar next week to help farmers navigate these requirements.

Even though headlines suggest ending stocks of many of the principal field crops fell sharply compared to the previous year, in reality, the totals were above recent estimates, just well-below now-inflated previous years.

Scatterplot of week 36 U.S. corn ratings vs. the percent that the USDA's September yield forecast deviates from the 25-year trend of the September estimates vs. the percent that the USDA's final yield forecast deviates from the 25-year trend of the final estimate's vs. week...

Forty-two members of Congress are pressing the Trump administration to minimize Renewable Fuel Standard volumes increases and to not reallocate gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions.

The growing season is long in South America and weather conditions can produce various effects depending on when they occur.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is slightly higher versus one week ago.

Didn't get to the Farm Progress Show last week? Here, take a tour with us. See what we saw.

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...

The Iowa State Fair has created lasting family memories over the past 171 years. The annual celebration proves people are what make the fairs special.