The USDA’s crop condition rating changes were mixed over the past week.

If you feel like you're frantically juggling glass balls while keeping track of where the market's currently trading, or forging through unknown territory of the wide-open, wild west -- you're not alone!

The president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) submitted comments Monday on the U.S. Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s unfair trading practices, specifically on ethanol.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is receiving reports of hemorrhagic disease (HD) in Missouri deer this summer and is asking the public to help determine the extent of the disease by reporting suspected cases.

The USDA has announced another major investment in the fight against New World screwworm.

The public is anxiously awaiting the release of the second Make America Healthy Again Commission report.

In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at the latest Association of Equipment Manufacturers report showing tractor and combine sales remain down in July, AGCO opening a new parts and service distribution center in California and AGCO naming a new PTx president.

Many reports of caterpillars feeding at the tips of corn ears have prompted discussions about how to distinguish between common ear-feeding caterpillars.

Leaders of state farm organizations are concerned about a dismal financial outlook for many producers.

This time of year, we tend to analyze the upcoming corn crop like an NFL coach heading to the Super Bowl. With the trade calling for a monster crop in 2025, every kernel -- or lack of it -- is ripe for conjecture and the term "tip back" is on the tip of everyone's tongue.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the findings of the Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2024, the eighth in a series of annual reports documenting the quality of biodiesel from U.S. and Canadian producers participating in the industry’s voluntary BQ-9000® accreditation program.

Following a months-long investigation and ongoing negotiations, Attorney General Ken Paxton has successfully ensured that WK Kellogg Co. (“Kellogg’s”) will permanently remove toxic dyes from its cereals.

A vice president of agribusiness banking says many producers are facing difficult decisions due to ongoing uncertainty in the economy.

Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of August 2025 were mixed. No fertilizer price was substantially higher or lower than a month ago for the ninth week in a row. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Southern rust has continued to spread across Iowa and increase in severity since the disease was first reported in mid-July.

The World Food Prize Foundation recently announced Derek Barchenger, Senior Scientist and head of the Global Pepper Breeding Program at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), has been named the 2025 Recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.

The USDA is projecting the largest U.S. corn crop on record.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin Tuesday announced new action to protect American farmers, truckers, and other diesel equipment operators from sudden speed and power losses caused by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) systems.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is intensifying its call for action from Congress and the administration after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest World Agriculture and Supply and Demand Estimates report projected a record 16.7-billion-bushel corn crop this year, further threatening the livelihood of farmers already facing record-low corn prices.

Calley Means, a White House adviser to President Trump, told Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) followers on Tuesday they should criticize the "deep state" in agriculture and food, not Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Donald Trump.

A series of hefty yield estimates from private firms over the first week of August have sunk corn and soybean futures to multi-month lows. At 11 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 12, USDA will throw its hat into the ring when it releases its August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports.

Clean Fuels Alliance America recently filed comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2026 and 2027. Clean Fuels expressed appreciation for EPA’s intent to provide consistent RFS growth in recognition of U.S. farmers’, feedstock providers’, and biomass-based diesel producers’ investments in new capacity.

The USDA’s national crop condition ratings generally declined over the past week.

Last week, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) notched a legal victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia affirming protections for cattle farmers and ranchers from onerous and unnecessary air emissions reporting requirements.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited the Iowa State Fair on Saturday and became the first cabinet member to exhibit in the Governor's Charity Steer Show.

House Ag Committee Chair "GT" Thompson wants to take action on a skinny farm bill this fall. We spoke with ranking members of both the House and Senate Ag Committees, Rep. Angie Craig and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, at the Minnesota FarmFest about their priorities within a skinny farm bill and their willingness to negotiate after nutrition program cuts in reconciliation.

The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) commemorated three decades of partnership between U.S. Soy and Vietnam with milestones including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a keystone conference.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has paused an increase to feedlot permit application fees.