The lack of availability seems to be a common theme these days along with price escalation/inflation. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a coalition of truck drivers, seafarers and airline workers has warned in a letter to heads of state attending the United Nations General Assembly that...

A top ag economist says farm bankruptcy and loan delinquency rates have dropped in the last two years. Jackson Takach, Chief Economist with Farmer Mac, recently stated, “A lot of that has to do with some of the excess cash that came from the government support payments, but then followed up with...

Moving forward, the Biden administration continues to look to uphold current trade agreements, rather than make bold steps outward on advancing ag market access. Both Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai spoke during the annual meeting of the...

Minnesota agricultural firm Crystal Valley Cooperative said it had been targeted in a ransomware attack in recent days, making it the second Midwestern farm-services provider in a week to be forced to take systems offline due to cybersecurity incidents.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. is committing $10 billion to improve food systems in our country and across the globe as part of the United Nation’s Food Systems Summit. The funds will be split equally between domestic and international efforts.

Two bills that would restructure and increase transparency for agriculture checkoff programs have been reintroduced into the U.S. Senate - the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act (OFF) and the Voluntary Checkoff Bill. The bills would make checkoff programs more responsive to contributors and...

The USDA is projecting the number of turkeys raised in the U.S. this year at 214 million head, which would be down 4% from the 2020 total of 224 million head.Minnesota has the largest inventory at 40.5 million turkeys, up 1%, the only major production state expected to see an increase. Second place...

Imagine flying from Los Angeles to the Washington, D.C. region on a plane fueled with American farm products or forestry waste. Sounds farfetched? Well, it is already becoming a reality.

Tax policy, conservation efforts and input costs were some of the top concerns for growers attending this year’s Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Josh Upton, along with his family, manage Landrum’s Homestead and Village in Laurel, Mississippi.

With their victory over rival Canadian National in hand, executives from Canadian Pacific (CP) recently said the railroad's merger with Kansas City Southern (KCS) railroad will be "a real game changer" in the flow of agricultural commodities, especially for Canada and upper Midwest states.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned the transportation of live hogs and pork from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to the U.S. mainland even though African Swine Fever (ASF) has not been detected in either of the territories. The move comes as part of USDA’s effort to shield the...

Work continues to reduce or eliminate trade barriers on U.S. ag products. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the European Union has allowed the U.S. more time to satisfy health certificates for livestock. “We were deeply concerned that might impact and affect about a billion and a half dollars of the...

John Deere production and maintenance workers gathered this week for what they called an "informational picket".

Hot August weather outside and hot ag equipment sales inside! Not a single down category for either year-to-date or comparing August 2020 to same month sales in 2021. For the month, sales for over 100 HP 2WD tractors were up 37.8% and 4WD tractors outpaced that by increasing 40.4%. Combine sales...