The Feeding the Economy report is an annual study measuring the economic impact of the entire U.S. food and agriculture value chain, including farming, ranching, food manufacturing, processing, distribution, retail, and foodservice.

Shane Goplin says he secured his crop inputs late last winter but worries about other farmers. “There are producers who waited to purchase fertilizer until they got the Farmer Bridge Assistance payment from the federal government.Now, they are kind of behind the eight ball and fertilizer prices are...

Argentina is shipping out grains at a strong pace this season as record sunflower exports and booming corn sales help absorb one of the country's biggest harvests in years, according to the Rosario grains exchange. This despite the conflict in the Middle East adding volatility to global prices and...

A bold $1 billion push is on the table as Indiana Governor Mike Braun sets his sights on transforming the state into the nation’s ag tech powerhouse—with an ambitious goal of creating 100,000 high-wage jobs for Hoosiers over the next decade.

The CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) says the conflict in Iran is impacting transportation costs throughout the supply chain. Mike Seyfert says higher diesel prices are impacting how grain moves to market.

The founder of ForgeBee says lab-grown honeybees may be a key to the future of food production.Gene Robinson, who’s also a professor at the University of Illinois, says colony collapse and other factors continue to contribute to the decline in wild honeybee populations.

Robust interest by shoppers in consuming more protein represents a key opportunity to continue driving sales ahead, experts said at the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) annual meat conference.

In recent weeks, “worst-case scenario” has been used to summarize the challenges in the Strait of Hormuz and the effects on U.S. fertilizer markets. With spring planting upon us, that argument made intuitive sense. However, we wondered about the seasonality of nitrogen imports and the extent of...

Who owns the Heartland? New data reveals more than half of principal landlords have never farmed and a third are now aged 75 or older.While farm economics face tightening margins, the ground beneath them has never been more valuable.

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says farmers have been using the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program payments to help with cash flow.

The Renewable Fuels Association is urging the Trump administration to take immediate action allowing broader use of lower-cost, American-made ethanol in the U.S. fuel supply to help blunt the impacts of higher crude oil and gasoline prices."Adding larger volumes of low-cost ethanol to gasoline is a...

In January, the Mark and Rebecca Smajstrla family loaded their livestock, their four daughters and their sense of adventure to make the trek north from Texas in an ice storm the state calls “historic.” Their new home in Weston, Missouri, was calling.

A senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing says the market is closely watching China’s reaction to recent geopolitical events.Naomi Blohm says the country continues to have a strong influence on international trade flows.

Low feed costs and strategic risk management are driving profitability recovery in the U.S. swine industry.Hog producers are currently enjoying low feed costs as corn and soybean meal prices are at comfortable levels. One person’s loss is another one’s gain. We see that scenario play out often on...

The U.S. Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into whether leading commercial fertilizer producers colluded to raise prices.The probe targets CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF), Nutrien Ltd (NYSE:NTR), The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS), Koch Inc., and Norway's Yara International...