In 2014, ag economists at the American Bankers Association's annual agricultural conference told lenders to expect the downtrend in farm profits to last five years. We are in Year 4 of that prediction. Are we at the bottom yet?

Cellulosic technology companies have invested time and millions of dollars to explore ways to convert biomass into cellulosic ethanol for the better part of 20 years.

Imports of organics have soared in recent years, but there are growing doubts about whether those products are actually organic at the point of sale in the U.S.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is again allowing U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to be imported without charging an 11% value-added tax. The move could alter the global market dynamics for the better.

Agricultural haulers were given a 90-day reprieve from a federal mandate requiring electronic logging devices in semitrucks.

Scientists who have received grants from the U.S. EPA can no longer serve on the agency's scientific advisory boards. The change comes as the result of a directive from EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.

In times of lower commodity prices and higher input costs, agriculture data's potential $1-billion revenue stream for farmers would be a welcome new market. But, this world of ag data collection and sharing has a ways to go to achieve maturity.