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.

Long-term CME soybean meal/corn ratio on per ton basis with average and plus and minus one and two standard deviations from January 1990 to the present.

On Tuesday, USDA Rural Development put out a news release about $770 million for 154 investments in rural business in 36 states and Puerto Rico. A big chunk of the funding, more th... [Read Full Blog]

A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City finds that a record number of operating loans surpassed $1 million in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting soaring pri... [Read Full Blog]

North Dakota and the surrounding areas that extend into Canada have been very wet this spring, forcing delays in spring planting. A drier stretch of weather may get planters rollin... [Read Full Blog]

The Renewable Fuels Association on Tuesday called on the EPA to reject six specific candidates on a list of 20, as possible peer reviewers of the agency's expected third triennial... [Read Full Blog]

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?

It's been a tough 2022 for U.S. farmers in the market for equipment. Farm equipment prices -- new and used -- are only going up while supplies are going down.

AAFC's May supply and demand estimates included a lower revision for both canola exports and crush, while the cumulative pace of movement shows both are ahead of the pace needed to... [Read Full Blog]

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]