Chris Clayton

Flooding over the weekend in the Missouri River Basin quickly became more destructive than flooding the region faced in the spring and summer of 2011. Levees that held back the river eight years ago collapsed and were undermined...

River bottom flooding continued as thousands of people were evacuated in Nebraska and Iowa towns over the weekend. Tens of thousands of acres of Missouri River farm ground are underwater...

A traditional look at farm loans, delinquencies and bankruptcies suggests no real crisis in rural America, but people who work with stressed farmers say their workloads are getting a lot heavier because more farmers need help...

On Tuesday, NASS announced 2019 program changes for its surveys and reports. Among the changes announced, NASS eliminated its "Objective Yield" survey -- a field survey -- for corn and soybeans, as well as for cotton outside...

The White House budget proposal for FY 2020 would tighten farmer eligibility for crop insurance and USDA commodity programs as part of an array of proposed cuts to USDA that would top $5.4 billion in savings for taxpayers...

USDA Details Additional Steps to Prevent African Swine Fever

In its broadest measure of income, net farm income, USDA projects a $5.2 billion increase to $69.4 billion in inflation-adjusted 2019 dollars. Commercial farms, which USDA pegs as having more than $350,000 in sales, will average $131,608...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn't share many specifics on trade talks with China, but reiterated the Trump Administration's case why the trade talks were needed even if the resulting tariffs led to lower prices and export...

U.S. wheat and rice farmers won a major ruling in the World Trade Organization on Thursday over China's domestic subsidies for crops from 2012-2015. But the case could become gridlocked at the...

Lawmakers repeatedly told U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday that farmers in their districts are hurting from the trade dispute with China, but Republicans said farmers back the president and his efforts...

A pair of economists penned an op-ed Tuesday, cautioning Congress against focusing solely on media portrayals of a farm economic crisis and advising lawmakers to ignore the calls from farm...

Speaking at the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said U.S. farmers and others have a major advantage over global competitors because of U.S. markets and the U.S. dollar as...

Corn production is pegged at 14.89 billion bushels, up 3% from last year while soybean production is lowered 8% from a year ago to 4.175 billion bushels. Still, due to high beginning stocks, the U.S. will have a record supply of...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue noted U.S. agriculture had expected the Trump administration to drop the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico after the three countries agreed on the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada...

USDA opens its Agricultural Outlook Forum on Thursday with a focus on acreage and production expectations for 2019. Meanwhile, land values largely remain strong in the Midwest and Plains states, but bankers are highlighting tighter...

Mato Grosso has some farming advantages with its vast acreage, but the ability to get grain to port, either on the Amazon or direct to ocean port, is a seven-day haul for semi-trucks hauling the state's bounty of agricultural...

DTN joined a tour of U.S. farmers through parts of Amazonia, Mato Grosso and Parana states in Brazil during the first two weeks in February. Farmers touring Mato Grosso and Parana repeatedly...

Cotton planting has increased for Mato Grosso's safrinha crop as major growers such as Amaggi invest more in cotton infrastructure. At the same time, the U.S. is expected to plant 14.5 million acres of cotton, a 2.9% increase from...

Suffering from low margins and idle plants, the fate of the Iowa ethanol industry right now hinges on EPA getting year-round E15 done by this summer's driving season and capturing export markets in countries such as China.

Crop futures got a bump Friday with the announcement of the end of the partial federal government shutdown. But market observers will be watching to see how USDA releases key data -- such as export sales over the past five...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced USDA will temporarily recall more than 9,700 FSA employees to operate offices. USDA stated that, for now, FSA offices will be open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at least...

Bunge Limited has seen a dramatic shakeup in its leadership and board membership in recent months, and announced an acting CEO on Tuesday. Bunge also highlighted Tuesday that its profitability would be lower for the full year of...

A panel discussion at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention drew a big crowd of farmers interested in what it means now that Congress has removed hemp from being classified as a...

Iowa has joined several other states in being prohibited from criminalizing activists from going undercover at livestock facilities.

Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation's voting delegates on Tuesday voted to oppose lab-grown and plant-based products from using terms associated with traditional meat products.

Nebraska leaders held a series of events Friday with a trade delegation from Indonesia led by that country's minister of trade and ambassador to the U.S. Indonesians agreed to buy more Nebraska soybeans and work to increase...

Agriculture and trade counselors from Europe spoke earlier this week at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in New Orleans. They said the EU is open for more trade, but they agree that agriculture should not be...

USDA will recall about 2,500 Farm Service Agency workers for Thursday, Friday and Tuesday to help process payments and provide limited help with existing loans for farmers and ranchers.

In an hour-long speech, President Donald Trump bounced back and forth between his focus on the border wall and his administration's push for trade deals as he spoke Monday to roughly 6,000 members of the American Farm Bureau...

Amid the celebratory mood for American Farm Bureau Federation's 100th meeting, President Zippy Duvall spoke Sunday about the challenges of 2018, seen as a perfect storm for farmers with a combination of natural disasters, low...

President Donald Trump will take his message about border security and the highlights of his presidency to another friendly crowd Monday as he again keynotes the 100th meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans.

As the president and congressional Democrats keep fighting over border wall funding, farmers are feeling the impacts of the partial federal government shutdown in different ways.

Farmers who had waited to enroll in the Market Facilitation Program will get a deadline extension once USDA Farm Service Agency offices are allowed to reopen, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on Tuesday. USDA will also be able...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected hearing separate cases against livestock production standards set in California and Massachusetts that could restrict the food products sold in those states.

The Iowa caucuses are less than 13 months away, and the primary calendar is more front-loaded than ever. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren set the campaign off for 2019 with a bang in events across western Iowa this past week.

Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, announced Friday in Kansas he will not seek a fifth Senate term. Roberts has served in Congress for 38 years and is the only two-time chairman of the House and...

USDA on Friday released an announcement on its website that the January crop reports have been suspended until federal funding returns.

USDA's chief economist told DTN on Thursday that the department will have to delay the Jan. 11 crop reports if the federal government is not funded on Friday, allowing USDA staff to return to work.

USDA puts a lot of attention on its January crop reports, including the monthly WASDE and annual Crop Production reports pegged for Jan. 11. Those reports could be delayed depending on how long it takes for President Donald...

The White House focus on trade kept the tempo constantly changing, moving from renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, to putting tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, to summit talks with European Union...