Crop prices and trade policies remain among the top concerns across Corn Belt districts for the fourth straight Federal Reserve survey.

Indiana farmland prices increased this year, continuing a trend of record highs, according to the Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey.

Renewable energy projects, taxes, property rights and other issues will be policy priorities for Indiana Farm Bureau, as determined by the annual delegate session.

Around 250 Indiana farmers and ag professionals attended the first Critical Issues Summit hosted by Indiana Farm Bureau.

A bill expanding landowner remedies when dealing with property damage caused by nuisance deer was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker.

The delegates of the U.S. Grains Council elected Mark Wilson of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board as chairman of its USGC Board of Directors at its 65th annual board of delegates meeting.

During his travels across the world advocating U.S. wheat, international customers at times ask Ralph Loos about his own ties to farming.

Market data for week ending Aug. 29, 2025.

Jim Henry cautions that farmers are contending with a combination of lower commodity prices and rising interest rates.