Chicago corn and soybean futures remained around multi-month highs after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cut its estimates of U.S. crops, indicating tighter supplies than previously thought.

If it seems everyone you know is showing up to local ag land auctions, it should come as no surprise.

Tentative agreement between shippers and dockworkers prevents East and Gulf Coast container facilities from shutting down.

When looking at the agricultural landscape over the course of 2025, there are a number of things that will continue to impact the way agricultural equipment manufacturers operate. Things like commodity prices, tariffs, and regulation are certainly all very important topics – but one topic that may...

U.S. ethanol exports hit record levels in 2024 even with one month left to report for the year.

More should be done to control the spread of bird flu among animals to avoid more cases in humans, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said recently, following the first death of a patient from the virus in Louisiana.

The U.S. continues to benefit from solid economic growth, low unemployment and moderating inflation. From today’s vantage point, the U.S. economy seems likely to continue on that trajectory into 2025. However, the outlook for the rural economy is more volatile and uncertain. Rural industries are...

The President recently signed a stop-gap government funding bill that calls for speedy payment of $10 billion to farmers to buffer lower commodity prices and high production costs. Congress had already voted to fund the government through March 14.

Demand for biodiesel and renewable diesel surged higher in 2024. Jeff Earl with Clean Fuels Alliance America says states continue to prioritize renewable fuel policies to help grow clean fuel use.

“Moving Iron” podcast host Casey Seymour said the machinery business should settle out in most ways except for used tractor inventory.

A trade-dispute panel ruled recently that Mexico’s restrictions on U.S. genetically modified corn exports violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, handing corn producers a major trade victory.

Brian Forrest of Maple Ridge Dairy near Stratford, Wisconsin, embodies a spirit of selflessness and resilience, as he has been an organ donor, not just once, but twice.

“We’ve hit a new normal in commodity pricing, which means the demand side of the equipment equation is likely in a valley as well,” said Andy Campbell, Tractor Zoom’s director of insights. 

AgWeb’s Margy Eckelkamp reported recently that “family farms still dominate a majority of U.S. farms,” having accounted “for about 96% of total farms and 83% of total production in 2023” in the United States.

Dairy Outlook: U.S. consumers eat more cheese and yogurt now than in the 1950s, but they drink a lot less milk.  U.S. dairy continues to be a growth category, both at home and abroad.