Jim Henry shares some long-awaited positive trade news — a meaningful step to reestablishing a stable, long-term relationship with the world’s largest buyer of soybeans.

From service in the Air Force to a career in agricultural real estate, Craig Stevenson’s journey has taken him around the world and then back home to Indiana.

Despite ongoing challenges in commodity markets and uncertain farm profitability, agricultural land values remained remarkably stable through mid-2025, according to Farmers National Company.

Landowners and farmers should consider a flexible cash lease to accommodate changing prices and yields during the growing season, which allows farmers to minimize some risk and for landowners to capture higher profits.

The amount of corn used for ethanol has flattened since the boom of the mid-1990s through 2010, but a new economic study shows the opportunities an E15 blend would provide.

Beck’s is hosting live, weekly grain marketing updates on YouTube.

A farmer and biodiesel facility quality control manager, both from Illinois, were among the newly appointed Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition directors.

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.

The U.S. sheep industry reveals what happens when our nation ignores market failure for too long, and it’s a case study applicable to every livestock sector in America.

Paradox seems to be the guiding principle of today’s food policies.

Indiana agriculture took center stage as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Everett Farms and Seed LLC in Lebanon ahead of her keynote address to the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.

Hoosier hardwood mills and lumber companies have faced challenges brought on by the loss of export markets due to tariffs.

Together, we can help farms of all sizes succeed to ensure America’s ability to be food independent long into the future.

Jim Henry cautions that President Donald Trump's idea of importing beef from Argentina endangers the already shaky U.S. farm economy.

The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.

Draining excess water from farm fields in Illinois is vital to food and renewable fuel production. However, the lack of adequate farm drainage is a serious problem.

Global agriculture company Alltech broke ground on a new $4.6 million, 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that will produce biological fertilizers and crop inputs.

Agricultural conditions across the Corn Belt are strained in part due to concerns about China’s elimination of soybean purchases and low crop prices, according to a Federal Reserve survey.

The current media narrative goes something like this: Cattle supplies are at a 70-year low, beef prices are skyrocketing and America’s ranchers are receiving the highest prices in history for their cattle.

In an effort to bring down prices for the American consumers, President Donald Trump said the United States could purchase Argentinian beef.

A suite of action aimed at strengthening the U.S. beef industry that reinforces and prioritizes the rancher’s role in national security was announced Oct. 22.

Today’s beef prices are not being determined by competitive market forces.

American soybean farmers are fretting over not only this year’s crop, but the long-term viability of their businesses, built in part on China’s once-insatiable appetite for U.S. beans.

As politicians continue to bicker and blame during the government shutdown, fields across the Midwest are a flurry of harvest activity.

One of the oldest sayings in poker warns that if you’re in a game for 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who’s the patsy — the player most likely to be the game’s biggest loser — you’re the patsy.

Jim Henry warns that farmers across the Midwest face an urgent challenge this harvest season: limited grain storage capacity.

For over two decades, the Beck’s Practical Farm Research program has provided data-driven information to help farmers make agronomic decisions on their own farms.

Farm income concerns along with state and federal issues continue to be a focus of Illinois Farm Bureau.

I admire those older ranchers for their work ethic and their passion to care for their flock, but it is hard to duplicate that in the younger generation.

This federal shutdown could not come at a worse time for the farm economy.

Now is the time to rebuild our U.S. cattle industry — and a new tariff rate quotas system can help us do it.

Indiana Farm Bureau announced its policy priorities for the 2026 legislative session, with a focus on protecting farms.

Jim Henry laments that farmers are facing a difficult economy, as crop prices continue to decline and production expenses remain high.

I would like to find some time for some more brush control projects, but I’m concerned that the dry weather may have rendered the target plants less receptive to absorb the chemical than would be ideal and I don’t want to waste the herbicides or the time to apply them.

A confidential helpline service is available for all Illinois farm families offering specialized assistance, including mental health resources and ag-related support.

America continues to hand more of the global soy export market to Brazil, South America’s unchallenged soybean powerhouse.

Farmers are facing a tough fall and, unfortunately, it could get tougher if we don’t resolve current trade disputes soon.

The European Union’s executive arm unveiled detailed proposals to protect farmers from being undercut by imports from South America as it seeks to build support for its deal with the Mercosur trade alliance.

A new economic impact report shows there’s more to Illinois farms than just corn, soybeans and wheat along the highways.

Since an early April low, live cattle prices took an upward turn that continued through September, but there are other concerns the industry is facing.

Sustainea is investing $400 million to establish its first Bio-MEG monoethylene glycol industrial plant in Lafayette.

There were some big swing and misses from traders with their projections leading up to the latest quarterly grain stocks report.

Old crop corn and soybean ending stocks finished lower than the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grain stocks report.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s small grains summary for 2025 reported the nation’s wheat and oat production were up slightly from last year.

The Illinois Soybean Association announced the inaugural winners of the SpringBoard Seed Funding Challenge at the Illinois Innovation Network’s Sustainability Research Conference at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Imports make up more than 22% of U.S. beef consumption — more than double what it was just over a generation ago.

Indiana farmland prices have continued their trend of record highs in 2025, according to the latest Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey results.

Following the written contract and Illinois statutes is essential even when the termination is on friendly terms.

Work at a new research farm dedicated to advancing the Illinois Soybean Association’s farmer-focused efforts was featured at a media event.

Taiwan intends to purchase $6.4 billion of U.S. corn and soybeans over the next four years, according to two letters of intent signed with the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and the Indiana Soybean Alliance.