The shortage of semiconductor chips has been making news in the automotive industry for months, but the impact is farther reaching. Matt Ramage, who represents Hutson, Inc., a John Deere dealership network, said Hutson and other dealers have been preparing.

A group of farmers in three states have completed the initial benchmarking phase of Rabo Carbon Bank's first carbon sequestration and soil health pilot program in North America. Participating farmers will receive compensation for implementing regenerative agricultural practices that enrich their...

With the push to net-zero vehicles over the next 10 to 30 years, and with "net zero" being understood as electric vehicles (EVs), the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) unveiled a vehicle demonstration project at its recent conference that could disrupt this narrative and timeline by showing...

Deere & Co. and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) have started negotiations on a new labor agreement.

Get ready, beef producers, for a good ride. That’s the message from beef industry market experts at CattleFax. They told it to the beef producers gathered in Nashville for the 2021 Cattle Industry Convention.

For the first time in what seems like forever, the Northern and High Plains saw a wetter-than-normal week while much of the rest of the Corn Belt was drier than normal in the week ending August 21. The bulk of the precipitation arrived in the latter part of the week while the front half of the week...

Pro Farmer, a division of Farm Journal, recently shared its much-anticipated production estimates for the 2021 U.S. corn and soybean crops after analyzing information from the 29th annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour and other sources. The estimates are formed by data and observations collected through an...

Exporters sold $15.2 billion worth of American farm products to China in the first six months of 2021, raising the possibility of record sales this year, according to economist David Widmar earlier this week on the Agricultural Economic Insights blog. Sales are on pace to hit $33.7 billion, with...

The leader of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) asked the Biden administration to boost ethanol production in response to rising gasoline prices, days after the administration called on OPEC-plus nations to boost oil production.

In an expansion of its pandemic portfolio, the Biden administration said it would pay an estimated $350 million to dairy farmers to offset lower milk prices caused by market abnormalities during the second half of 2020. The payments will benefit farms with smaller herds the most.

Farm income and credit conditions in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District remained strong through the first half of 2021. Alongside a sharp turnaround in agricultural economic conditions and some continuing support from government programs related to pandemic relief, farm income and loan repayment...

Sales volume for beef products at Tyson Foods Inc. jumped 24% for third-quarter 2021. And, while most consumers think of Tyson Foods Inc. as "those chicken folks," a third-quarter report from the food giant signaled it plans to continue prioritizing its focus on beef.

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) recently determined that there is a reasonable indication that imports of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago materially injure the UAN industry in the U.S. and are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States...

The land market is hot. With few properties available and cash-flush Americans in a buying mood, landowners are cashing in on record-high prices for farmland and recreational properties.

As drought worsens, emergency measures are taking place, and cattle producers have begun to ship in hay to survive. Big rigs stacked high with hay rolls are headed to the High Plains and other Western states, as ranchers in drought-stricken areas try to hold on to their herds a little longer.