A lot of thought and dollars go into building a herd of cows with good phenotypes. But, it's an investment that may never pay dividends without an emphasis on low-stress management during gestation. Turns out, a stressed cow, regardless of her DNA, is still liable to...

It's a sad day--and expensive--when the rubber tracks on your tractor wear out.

Pass-through business entities rules are a little clearer now thanks to a new Internal Revenue Service Guidance, Section 199A. The tax deduction, experts say, includes several provisions especially favorable for farmers.

For decades, there's been an ongoing battle around water allocations and the Republican River. Farmers have been a big part of the war, filing an untold number of lawsuits during the years around questions of water allocations and claims they did not receive water...

Growing conditions in 2018 were the definition of a mixed bag. There was an excessively wet spring in parts of the Eastern Corn Belt, debilitating drought in Kansas and Missouri, and timely rains in Nebraska that have dryland corn holding its own against its irrigated brethren.

Rural America is widely credited with giving now-President Donald Trump his margin of victory over Hillary Clinton two years ago. By the results of our newest DTN/The Progressive Farmer Zogby Analytics poll, rural America does not regret the decision--and it is motivated to...

Jimmy Wedel was tired of growing cotton for little, if any, profit. He was frustrated that herbicides, insecticides and other chemicals weren't doing their jobs. And, he was concerned about the potential exposure to his family and wildlife. With a little gambler in his blood, he...