Blogs

We can't be upset about the rhetoric packers use to make deals; we, as cattlemen, need to learn from their savviness.

This study looks at prospective 2021-22 ending stocks of Canadian wheat (excluding durum) given a number of AAFC assumptions while calculated on a yield-seeded acre matrix that varies the output potential.

A number of senators have asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to provide financial assistance to biofuels producers.

Cumulative percent distribution of central Illinois soybean oil percent of crush value 2000-2021

Research connects global warming gases to the historic floods of 2019.

Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card depicting the condition and performance of American infrastructure based on the physical condition and needed investments for improvement.

A technical look at weekly charts of lean hogs, live cattle and feeder cattle.

CNH Industrial has completed a minority investment in Monarch Tractor, a California-based tech company preparing to release its first electric-powered and autonomous-capable tractor.

Soybean harvest continues to lag the normal pace, but the rate of progress is normal, given the two-week delay to the start of the main growing season. Dryness in Argentina will continue during the next 10 days while showers in Brazil will become more isolated next week.

Several House members on Wednesday reintroduced their Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA), a bill that aims to provide a compromise solution to reform the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program and creates a first-of-its-kind, merit-based visa program specifically designed...

Higher crop insurance revenue guarantees for corn, soybeans and wheat will translate into higher premiums, but Purdue University experts recommend farmers don't skimp on coverage in order to save on premium.

In his latest book, Harvard professor Robert Paarlberg has kind words for big commercial growers, somewhat less kind ones for large livestock producers and downright snarly ones for food companies.

There's plenty to read if you want to firm up your knowledge about genetically engineering crops.

Our annual look back on the major ag stories of the year was perhaps as painful as the year itself.