USDA released its March Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.
Farmers are seeing major price spikes when they call fertilizer suppliers. The American Farm Bureau Federation is calling on President Trump to protect fertilizer shipments. The war in Iran and the broader Middle East is hitting just as farmers begin spring planting, and now prices for fuel and fertilizers are rising, with shipping disrupted through the Strait of Hormuz.
Economists at the University of Illinois say the scenarios they have run show strong benefits in a lot of cases for farmers to lower their individual Revenue Protection coverage but add on ECO and SCO policies. That works in a lot of cases, but not for everyone.
The 2026 Commodity Classic brought 12,000 farmers and industry insiders to San Antonio. Here's a final look at some of the technology and hardware we saw.
We'll be evaluating the damage from last week's flooding while the Farm Bill draft continues to stir discussions.
A group of U.S. Senate Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would force most of the largest packers to sell or spin off lines of business or sell their entire operations if they are foreign owned. The bill also would limit how many cattle a packer could slaughter from large feedlots.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association spotlighted a report from Bloomberg that the Justice Department is examining whether major fertilizer companies are colluding to raise their prices. The probe comes as the war in Iran has added new volatility to global fertilizer supplies.
New trait stacks and active ingredients highlight product offerings from major players in ag seed and chemistry.
