Nonstop rain and overland flooding in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota are dampening the hopes of farmers wanting to get all their intended wheat, durum and other crops planted.

Speculator selling briefly took July hogs below $100, but it looks like packer demand responded quickly to help prices regain support.

First oat crop rating of each year from 1996 to 2022 along with the rating seen the last week of July vs. percent that the final oat yield of each season deviated from the 25-year... [Read Full Blog]

Citing the Biden administration's efforts to promote competition in the economy, Agriculture Secretary released details on the multiple announcements to open up new loans for small... [Read Full Blog]

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George said there are unique economic challenges as the Fed attempts to bring inflation back to its 2% target.

Failure of a proposed groundwater management bill in Kansas shows the difficulty of coming to grips with a declining resource.

POET will invest $30 million to reopen an ethanol plant in Cloverdale, Indiana, that the company had idled in 2019.

BASF is on track to commercialize a Bt soybean trait targeting SCN by the end of the decade.

Obvious concerns of rising input costs and a wavering economy have cattlemen of all sorts holding their breath, but export demand has continued to be stellar. Given how drastically... [Read Full Blog]

Southern Brazil has escaped the greatest risk of frost this week thanks to cloud cover and elevated winds. Skies clear out and calm down for Friday and Saturday, which may still br... [Read Full Blog]

Demand for labor is strong, but the labor force participation rate still hasn't returned to where it was before the pandemic. Should the boomers be blamed?

In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at what's new in the machinery world this week, including: autonomy, design, function and U.S. equipment manufacturing expan... [Read Full Blog]

November canola surged on high volume on May 26, with the likelihood of commercial and noncommercial activity behind the move.

During an international video meeting of agricultural journalists this week, a Ukrainian ag journalist gave a glimpse of some of the challenges farmers as well as journalists are f... [Read Full Blog]