The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index declined for the second month in a row.

Pasture and range conditions across most of the top beef cow-calf states have moved to mostly good-to-excellent shape, according to the recent USDA NASS Crop Progress and Conditions report on Monday.

Friday morning at the 65th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting, U.S. Grains Council members voted and passed an organizational name amendment to change from the U.S. Grains Council to the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC).

The U.S. corn crop's good-to-excellent condition rating remained steady last week while soybeans' good-to-excellent rating decreased by 1 point, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

John Deere (NYSE: DE) recently announced the launch and availability of a new digital tool designed to enhance how equipment owners use, maintain, diagnose, repair, and protect their equipment.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the reorganization of the USDA will help provide necessary resources for America’s farmers and ranchers.

Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) and the Michigan Cattlemen’s Association joined a national effort urging the Trump administration to immediately secure full federal funding and construction of a domestic sterile fly production facility as the “cornerstone” to halt the spread of New World Screwworm (NWS).

The administration remains committed to expanding market access for U.S. farmers and ranchers around the globe.

The value of all agricultural real estate continues to increase, rising an average of 4.3% this year to $4,350 per acre, USDA reported Friday.

A longtime crop insurance agent and member of both the Iowa and American Soybean Association board of directors, Pat Swanson may be new to USDA but not to the many crop insurance programs farmers depend on.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), along with 25 state-based corn grower groups, sent a letter to Trump administration officials Friday detailing the worsening economic situation caused by elevated prices for fertilizers and other inputs that are critical for growing corn.

As the calendar turns to August, new tariffs will go into effect for several countries that haven’t reached trade agreements with the United States.

For much of the Midwest, July 2025 will be noted as the wettest July in almost 10 years.

In a new survey, American corn growers say they would face higher costs and reductions in crop yields if they were to lose access to key herbicides like atrazine and glyphosate.

This series of articles will review the top five most problematic changes in farm policy enacted in the Reconciliation Farm Bill.

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden on Wednesday vigorously defended the Trump administration's proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing.

An agricultural group focused on transportation says the proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern by Union Pacific railroad might take longer than the railroads expect.

A defining feature of the 2025 Farm Bill is higher statutory reference prices. A central rationale for the increase was higher cost of production. Relative to cost per trend output unit for the nine crops that USDA (US Department of Agriculture) computes cost, the 2025 statutory reference prices average 3% lower than for the 2019 crop year, the first under the 2018 Farm Bill, and 9% lower than the target prices for the 2002 crop year. These comparisons imply the 2025 Farm Bill statutory reference prices are not out-of-line, even somewhat less than the increases in cost to produce US crops so far in the 21st Century.

American confidence in the safety of the U.S. food supply has dropped to an all-time low, according to new findings from the 2025 IFIC Food & Health Survey.

Deputy Undersecretary Stephen Vaden fielded questions about USDA’s reorganization plans from Senate Ag Committee leaders this morning.

A destructive windstorm was intense enough to be labelled a derecho as it tore through parts of South Dakota and Iowa Monday night, July 28-29.

For the first time in more than two decades, Australia will accept shipments of fresh and frozen U.S. beef.

The U.S. is a major player in agriculture and accounts for approximately 10-15% of total global fertilizer consumption. US fertilizer consumption needs are met through a mix of domestic production and imports, with the balance varying by nutrient type.

A series of new trade deals between the United States and countries around the world will directly benefit America’s farmers and ranchers. American Farm Bureau economists analyzed the importance of trade for rural America in the latest Market Intel.

On July 24, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) released a statement on their websites that the two companies were in talks to discuss a merger.

The USDA’s national condition ratings improved a little over the past week for soybeans and pasture lands, but other major crops declined.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) on Monday urged support for the Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection (HELP) Act introduced by Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO). This legislation supports livestock haulers by protecting drivers from burdensome hours of service (HOS) and electronic logging device (ELD) mandates.

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on July 1, 2025.