Financial stress is severe and persistent across farm country, according to a new Market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Mark Bunselmeyer was elected president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association for 2025-2026 at its annual re-organizational meeting.

We must look internally — within the borders of the United States — not externally to foreign countries, to resolve our domestic beef production shortfall.

New data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month after a high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

With lower grain prices, higher interest rates and increased production costs, some farms are facing a challenging financial situation.

American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland urged Congress and the administration to take immediate action to reduce farm production costs and prevent additional family farm closures.

President Donald Trump announced that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices.

More than a decade after U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations banned whole milk from school menus, Congress is considering a comeback.

Jim Henry forecasts an unprecedented financial crisis, a perfect storm of soaring input costs and plummeting commodity prices.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule revising the regulatory definition of “waters of the U.S.” intended to resolve the regulatory uncertainty regarding the scope of federal jurisdiction.

Illinois Soybean Association is excited to celebrate outstanding individuals in agriculture through its annual Achievement Awards.

The Indiana Ag Gathering will take place Dec. 12-13 at the French Lick Springs Resort. The registration deadline is Dec. 4.

While farm equity slipped this year, it remains relatively stable due to large “contemporary,” or same-year, federal payments. Overall, however, farmers remain under threat in 2026.

Biofuels, like E15, are boosting farm businesses, improving the environment and reducing costs at the pump.

Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the United States.

The past few years have tested even the most seasoned farmers. Facing rising input costs, unpredictable market access and many other challenges, farmers and ranchers are working harder while margins grow thinner.

Farmland values were unchanged from the second to third quarter of 2025 in the Seventh Federal Reserve District and up 3% year-over-year.

Indiana’s poultry farmers donated $620,000 worth of chicken, duck and turkey meat to Hoosiers through local food banks, including Second Helpings in Indianapolis.

President Donald Trump accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the United States and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation.

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.

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

The Illinois Soybean Association has hired Kevin “KJ” Johnson as the new director of government relations and strategy.

I still consider beef and lamb prices a bargain compared to most store items on most shoppers’ grocery list. And that good red meat is building health, not destroying it.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins touted the Trump administration’s milk action plan to support American dairy farmers at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

U.S. dairy farmers are thriving in the marketplace even as labor shortages and a volatile policy environment remain challenges, dairy industry leaders stressed at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation praised the announcement of new trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala which collectively position U.S. dairy exporters for further gains in the Western Hemisphere.

The Transportation Department’s new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver’s licenses to drive a semitrailer truck or bus have been put on hold by a federal appeals court.

The news that the last American penny has been minted feels a bit like watching an old barn finally sag to the ground.

Did farm and ranch leaders forget the enormous impact SNAP spending has on rural America’s bottom line?

Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta.

The news is in, a week late this year due to the current government shutdown: The expected increase in Social Security benefits will be 2.8% for 2026.

Jim Henry points to biofuels — not export demand — as the key driver for corn and soybean markets in the future.

Employment opportunities are strong for college graduates with degrees in food, agriculture, renewable natural resources and the environment, according to a report out Purdue University.

Beef imports into the United States market have exploded over the past two years — and no one in the industry wants to say anything about it.

After 40 years of transformative leadership, Cindy Hoye is retiring from her role as executive director of the Indiana State Fair Commission.

At 92, Mom had outlived all her siblings and all her classmates, but her passing has left a big hole to fill in all the love she poured into all the friends and family that were lucky enough to know her.

Despite the latest — and delayed — crop balance sheets showing only slight changes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reports painted the trade screens red.

With limited data, in some cases, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report since September.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program feeds more than 41 million people in America every month. That’s roughly one in eight people in this country.

“I hated being hungry,” said my mother, born into dirt and poverty on a tenant farm in east-central Nebraska in 1932.

Pope Leo XIV denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery.

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the United States, state officials said.

As the fall harvest season comes to a close, farmers are carefully studying their balance sheets.

Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said.

President Donald Trump is giving domestic automakers additional relief from tariffs on auto parts, extending what was supposed to have been a short-term rebate until 2030.

General Motors anticipates a smaller impact from tariffs and is boosting its full-year adjusted earnings forecast as its third-quarter performance topped Wall Street’s expectations.

It’s getting more expensive for Americans to get their caffeine fix.

It is impossible to know how many people left the United States voluntarily since President Donald Trump took office in January because many leave without telling authorities.

Once harvest is complete on Mindy Orschell’s farm, the family doesn’t slow down. They take a deep breath, then jump back in.

An Illinois grain farmer and popular host of podcasts, radio and television shows was the guest speaker at Eureka Savings Bank’s recent inaugural ag event.