The U.S. cattle herd grew slightly over the past year, signaling continued slow expansion.The USDA says the total cattle inventory on July 1^st, 2026, was up slightly from July 1^st, 2025 at 94.2 million head, including year-over-year increases for beef and milk replacement heifers.The supply of all...

Poultry production surged in June.The USDA says 4.751 billion pounds of poultry were certified wholesome last month, a year-to-year increase of 8%, largely due to higher slaughter numbers for chicken and heavier weights for turkeys.Chicken made up most of the total at 4.299 billion pounds, with...

A professor of weed science at the University of Illinois says a new analysis finds the economic cost of a glyphosate ban would be monumental.

Several state corn grower associations have asked the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to expedite an investigation into the U.S. fertilizer industry.

The general counsel of U.S. Hemp Roundtable says bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House offers one of the most significant federal hemp policy developments since passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.

The U.S. FDA said that Midwest Poultry Services is recalling nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs produced in Texas due to potential Salmonella contamination.

The senior dairy analyst with Terrain says consumer demand for protein is helping drive market opportunities for dairy producers.

As Purdue economists continue exploring insights from the 2025 Large Commercial Producer (LCP) Survey, one subtle comparison stands out. Sometimes the smallest perception gaps reveal the biggest strategic questions.This year, they asked large farmers to rank their top three sources of information...

The U.S. House Budget Committee plans to mark up a bill that includes more ad hoc assistance for farmers.

A trade specialist believes trade between the U.S. and China will continue to decline.Dr. Sam Gregg with the American Institute for Economic Research says U.S. agriculture has benefitted from trade with China, but the relationship took a turn in 2012.

More than 46 million acres of U.S. agricultural land are under foreign ownership, representing roughly 3% of all privately held farmland. USDA has proposed sweeping changes to how that land is tracked and reported.

Luke Lindberg points to stronger export sales, reduced trade barriers and expanded opportunities in markets including Ghana, Australia and Vietnam.

An ag real estate specialist describes the farmland market as durable.But Brent Wiest with Compeer Financial says it’s not uniform across the company’s three-state footprint.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) recently released a study highlighting the economic contribution of corn farming in the United States.The study showed America's corn growers produced the largest crop in history in 2025, dwarfing the previous record. Over the year, corn growers produced...