Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application.

While the expansion of gray and Mexican gray wolf populations is often hailed as a conservation success, the consequences for ranching families can be gruesome, costly and complex - threatening the safety of ranch families and their pets and livestock, as well as the long-term survival of multigenerational ranches and the rural economies they anchor.

The Supreme Court recently denied a petition filed by the Iowa Pork Producers Association challenging Proposition 12.

The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar fell, these declines were outweighed by higher prices for dairy products, meat and vegetable oils.

(DTN photo by Chris Clayton) President Donald Trump kicked off a yearlong celebration of the country's 250th anniversary with a rally Thursday night at the Iowa State Fairgrounds where he took a victory lap for Congress passage of his tax-and-spending policies in the massive "One Big Beautiful Bill."

The U.S. House has passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, 216-214, and many ag groups say it includes several key wins for the industry.

Sentiment in farm country has fluctuated with talk of trade wars, weakened commodity prices, as well as rising input and regulatory costs that are squeezing producers.

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Vietnam have reached a preliminary trade deal and a commodities economist says he’s optimistic the deal will open markets for U.S. ag commodities.

Retail fertilizer prices continued to be mostly higher during the fourth week of June 2025, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. However, more fertilizers were lower priced this week compared to recent ones.

Families celebrating the Fourth of July holiday continue to find high prices at the grocery store, based on the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation annual marketbasket survey. An Independence Day cookout will cost $70.92 for 10 guests this year.

Bunge Global SA (NYSE: BG) (“Bunge”) on Wednesday announced the successful closing of its previously announced merger with Viterra Limited (“Viterra”), marking the creation of a premier global agribusiness solutions company for food, feed and fuel.

Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate to pass President Donald Trump's centerpiece legislation on tax cuts and spending, the "One Big Beautiful Bill."

An ag economist with the University of Missouri says a key to profitability in 2025 for many row crop farmers will be protecting yield.

Farmer sentiment weakened in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell to 146, down from 158 a month earlier.

The United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn, and corn farmers are bolstering the U.S. economy and building strong communities, according to a new study released by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins on Monday announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from Mexico beginning as early as July 7, 2025.

U.S. crop condition ratings were mixed on the week. Those ratings continue to vary widely by location and by crop, with weather mixed, but generally seen as favorable for development over the past week.

On Monday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement: “I am disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to not hear the Iowa Pork Producers’ case to stop California’s mandate against Iowa farmers..."

The June 2025 Grain Stocks and planted Acreage reports had some of the most benign revisions in recent memory.

The U.S. Senate will continue voting Monday on President Donald Trump's tax cuts and spending bill, trying to meet a deadline to pass the bill by July 4.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration remains focused on increasing market access for U.S. agricultural goods.

Senate Republicans are still working through a few major issues as they continue trying to pass the reconciliation bill by President Trump’s July 4 deadline.

GDM, a global plant genetics company committed to empowering farmers and advancing global agriculture, today announced an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in AgReliant Genetics, a leading North American provider of corn and soybean seeds.

The U.S. hog inventory grew modestly over the past year.

More of your neighbors and townsfolk across the Midwest could be turning to local food pantries for help instead of receiving federal help in the coming years.

Although bird flu, or H5N1 influenza, had been primarily limited to wild migratory birds and sporadic outbreaks in commercial poultry operations, it was detected in U.S. dairy cows in March 2024. Since then, H5N1 has spread rapidly in dairy cattle across multiple states, and the industry has limited tools to protect their herds. Together, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Purdue University are investing $301,562 into a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) grant to develop an H5N1 vaccine for dairy cows.

Kochia, a highly competitive weed that can reduce yields by as much as 70%, has been found in northwestern Missouri soybean fields, says Wayne Flanary, University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy.

The USDA releases its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report later today.