
Off-Farm Jobs Won't Salvage This Farm Crisis
Posted by Katie Micik Dehlinger , Farm Business EditorUnlike the 1980s when farmers could take off-farm jobs to survive tough times, today's $66K average salary won't even cover loan interest.
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.
The EU Parliament on Wednesday voted for a tighter definition of meat as coming from edible parts of animals and specified that names such as steak, sausage, burger and escalope must be reserved for products containing meat and must exclude cell-cultured products.
Above-normal winter temperatures forecast for Texas would favor the New World screwworm survival if the parasite were to migrate from Mexico.
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.
With the attention that gold is receiving lately, it may be making the trade question what fair value of the various crops should be, regardless of crop size.
In today's environment, it seems the increased daily trading limits have had an inflation effect on the market. Seeing a $1.00-move five years ago was normal. Today, the market sees a daily movement of $3.00 to $4.00 with the same $1.00 regard.
It's National Nematode Day. What do you know about this yield threat?
The U.S. 2025 hard red winter, soft red winter and soft white winter wheat crops proved to be good quality for the milling and export industry.
The official start of the wet season has central Brazil producers going full bore on soybean planting, but a continued dry weather forecast threatens those plants.
Discovering a long-ago family recipe brings back fond memories of food and how it connects us.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed multiple requests to hold biofuels litigation in abeyance because of the federal government shutdown.
A survey shows younger Americans are more willing than their elders to accept violence as a response to offensive speech.
AGCO is looking at a range of alternative fuels to accommodate different farmer needs across the globe. At the lower horsepower end, it is examining uses for electrification. AGCO is looking at applications for larger machinery, not yet commercially available, but powered by other...
Percent that USDA's September 1 corn in all stocks estimate deviated from the average trade estimate and percent change in the USDA's old crop U.S. corn ending stocks estimate from the September to October WASDE reports vs. percent of Sep 1 corn stocks stored on...
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