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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been trying to convince the White House to reopen Farm Service Agency offices so farmers can utilize Marketing Assistance Loans. Based on MAL usage, that is likely affecting farmers of some commodity crops more than others.

Record canola domestic use not only diminishes the impact of slow exports caused by Chinese tariffs, but it is also the best use of the crop in the long run. It should be celebrated.

A strong front this weekend may clear out rain for Southern, Central Brazil next week. Here's how it may affect crops.

2024 and 2025 winter wheat yields for the top 18 growing states and the U.S. vs. the percent those yields deviated from the 25-year trend.

Gevo's $1.46 billion DOE loan guarantee to build a sustainable aviation fuel plant was extended to April 2026, with possible plant relocation from South Dakota to North Dakota.

When your biggest customer buys more from you than the next nine customers combined, you've got a problem.

It's yet to be seen what the market will do this week; but with traders fully acknowledging the outlook for 2026 is strong, there's still plenty of upside potential.

China surprised the USTR when on Friday, Oct. 10, they announced retaliatory U.S ship fees to begin the same day USTR Chinese ship fees were to commence.

After two weeks of nearly no rain, consistent showers are finally starting to build in central Brazil.

Discussing farm financing is difficult but necessary. Farmers often need supportive financing tools and programs to navigate challenges. Additionally, numerous strategies and advice can help farmers manage costs and face those challenges.

That cloud of black behind the combine might be more than dust. It's nature's way of degrading plant tissue.

Newly appointed Kubota Tractor Corporation President Alex Woods said as Kubota struggles with tariffs, it has some evidence a bottom in the slumping compact tractor market is on the near horizon.

Unlike the 1980s when farmers could take off-farm jobs to survive tough times, today's $66K average salary won't even cover loan interest.

Most-active December Kansas City wheat futures have fallen below long-term support at $5, cementing late 2025 wheat prices amongst the lowest in history.