Joe Ricker wears many hats: army veteran, farmer and nonprofit founder, to name a few.

Growing up in a small town with a graduating class of 23 in 1983, Mike Kirkton wanted travel the world.

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

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.

Two farms were honored with the inaugural Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing Stewardship Award, presented by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing.

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.

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.

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

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins cheerfully predicted that the Trump immigration policy would soon remake the U.S. farm workforce into “100% American.”

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.

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.

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.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.

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.

Katie Nelsen has been named the new executive director of public policy at Indiana Farm Bureau.

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

The nation’s largest railroad union joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern after securing promises to protect jobs, but other unions are still expressing concerns about the deal.

Mexico activated emergency controls after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon state, the closest case to the U.S. border since the outbreak began last year.

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

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

Cuts to food assistance, scheduled to begin Nov. 1, will hit the nation’s poor hard and its rural poor the hardest.

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.

Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the center of last year’s deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen.

Pope Leo XIV took aim at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date.

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.

With the shutdown of the government, there is uncertainty in knowing when we will receive our cost-share funds from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

History isn’t just a record of what once was. It’s a guide for what could be, if we fail to learn from the mistakes of those who came before us.

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

The Illinois Soybean Association seeks qualified candidates to fill a vacant board seat for District 18, which includes the following counties: Franklin, Hamilton, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.

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.

Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program is now accepting applications.

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.

Jim Henry notes that federal shutdowns and late farm bills aren’t unusual – but having both at once complicates the path forward.

An investigation by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University found railroad bridge safety across the United States is hamstrung by minimal government oversight and limited transparency.

Farmers, ranchers and others living in rural America don’t have time for partisan games. That is why I believe the new Rural Health Transformation Program deserves a closer look.

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

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

Agribusiness Council of Indiana announced Melissa Rekeweg as its new president and CEO.

While my father and mother were far from apolitical, neither allowed any signs on our dairy farm. The reason was “the land’s for crops, the barns for cows and politics is for politicians.”

International trade, national barrow competition and local 4-H and FFA activities have kept Dan Parker on the run since he met with AgriNews a month ago.