1. Do farmland values and cash rents continue to defy economic headwinds?Will low commodity prices with high land rents compared to farm returns continue. Also, farmland continues to enjoy – and be priced at – historically low rent-to-value ratios. Will 2026 bring these in line?
2. Another year of...

An extension economist with Texas A&M University says total U.S. meat production surged in December.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is asking the Trump administration to protect the U.S. vitamin supply.

A market specialist anticipates a less volatile year for fertilizer prices in 2026. Veronica Nigh is with The Fertilizer Institute. “We can’t do much to anticipate what’s going to happen geopolitically with regards to Russia, the Middle East or China. So unfortunately, that international volatility...

A series of record-setting sales has Machinery Pete pointing to a new pattern.

The short-lived dairy barn of the future.

Despite ongoing uncertainty in the ag industry, a market analyst says corn and soybean prices could move higher in 2026.

The $11 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program from the USDA is likely to change next year’s income forecast for most grain farmers. Gary Schnitkey, farm management specialist with the University of Illinois, says official details of the program haven’t been released, but projections show...

A new initiative aims to accelerate the use of U.S. biofuels in the maritime sector. President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield Ag News, “It is to make sure that we are engaging with our policymakers here in the U.S. to help raise their awareness about this...

American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is hoping legislation expanding school milk offerings will get across the finish line soon.

President Trump says he wants to extend new, less restrictive emissions standards to include farm machinery.

Some farmers say artificial intelligence has a place in agriculture.  Southwest Ohio farmer Eric Tipton says AI could be beneficial for automation technology.

The President-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) contends retail beef is appropriately priced.  Gene Copenhaver, who operates a stocker operation in southwest Virginia, says supply and demand justifies what consumers are paying for beef.

An ag economist says more optimism in farm country helped boost producer sentiment in this month’s Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Professor emeritus Jim Mintert says it rose to its highest level since June.

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson expects the Trump administration’s forthcoming aid for struggling farmers will primarily address the slumping ag commodities prices, not just export losses from retaliatory tariffs.