Farmers need more land to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource told the Grain-Com conference in Geneva.

This story by student/farmer Lauren Quinlan. She describes just how hardworking and dedicated farmers/ranchers really are, especially during the busy harvest season.

Farmland recently sold for $13,400 per acre in Cedar County, Nebraska; $17,000 per acre in Douglas County, Illinois; $26,000 per acre in Johnson County, Iowa. Numbers like this have delivered numerous mind-blowing farmland sales. But will this runup in values continue? Odds are likely, according to...

There is no doubt that supply chain interruptions and shipping delays are real. Not only are ships stacked up in harbors to be unloaded, especially on the west coast, but that also means ships and barges are not able to get the product out rapidly either. That in turn means grain storage will also...

The fight over California’s animal housing law, Proposition 12, could be decided by the Supreme Court if it takes up a petition submitted by the National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation. The groups are seeking review of a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

As promised, we want to share some of the more significant discussions that took place during the recent CAD AgPack Partner Summit in New Mexico. This week the topic is trade show strategy for 2022.

The latest report of ag equipment sales from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is amazing! The only minus sign in the entire report was a 1.3% decline in 4WD tractors comparing September 2020 to the same month in 2021. Otherwise, every single category, whether comparing...

While much of the inflation story has been focused on surging energy costs and products affected by the semiconductor chip shortage, such as used cars, rising food cost signals are increasingly flashing red. Food prices across the world have risen to their highest levels in a decade on the back of...

Tax deadlines are months away, but now is actually a great time for farms to start tax planning. Corey Clark, a farm business management educator, explained why during a Michigan State University Extension “Field Crops Virtual Breakfast” webinar. “I know farmers are really busy now, but I have seen...

In a vote this past Sunday, John Deere workers with the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) rejected a six-year contract that would have impacted pay and benefits for more than 10,000 employees of the agricultural machinery...

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) says one of its African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine candidates prevents and effectively protects both European and Asian bred swine against the current Asian strain of the virus. The onset of immunity was revealed in approximately one-third of the swine by...

The Massachusetts House, by an overwhelming margin of 156-1, voted to delay a provision of the Question 3 initiative until January 1, 2023 that will prohibit the sale of pork that doesn’t meet the state’s production standards. This move was championed by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC),...

Your CAD team and AgPack Partners were excited to come together in person for the Ag Pack Partner Summit after almost two years apart. We were generously hosted at the RFDTV corporate retreat center in the beautiful New Mexico mountainside for three days of strategy development and team building....

Agriculture and construction equipment manufacturers are particularly upbeat about the prospects for future sales. Results from AEM’s Q2 member survey were just as strong as the first quarter.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer declined in September, down 14 points to a reading of 124. Producers felt less optimistic about both current conditions on their farming operations as well as their expectations for the future.