Brad Dearing checks all the life-lesson boxes from his experiences in military service, decades as a teacher and owning a farm.

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.

It’s impossible to say exactly what’s going on, but lately there are problems with our food supply, one after the other. Listeria and salmonella are at the top of the list.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is accepting nominations for the 2026 Environmental Stewardship Awards.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

A coalition of state soybean associations has submitted a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urging the administration to preserve the Agricultural Research Service facility in Urbana.

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

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

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.

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 dairy checkoff has introduced Smart Swaps, a dairy-focused initiative designed to help schools meet evolving nutrition standards and student expectations.

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

McLean County corn yields are estimated to be above the five-year average for the second straight year.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency that helps landowners fix natural resource concerns on their land.

The sobering reality is that many farmers are hurting. Talk to any farmer who grows row crops, and he or she will tell you they’re struggling with the lowest prices in almost 20 years.

Even though the White House remains up while farmers are decidedly down, some farm groups are starting to recognize that down isn’t up anymore.

Increases in projected corn and soybean harvested acres were primarily offset by lower average U.S. yields on the supply and demand balance sheets released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. corn and soybean average yield forecasts were lowered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its crop production report.

With low commodity prices, high input costs, weather, taxes, personnel and other concerns, farmers and ranchers face a myriad of stresses in their lives — and free resources are available to help get through those tough times.

We went from moist to popcorn-fart dry. However, my warm-season annuals loved it. They just kept on growing.

Across major corn-growing states, climate change is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Foreign imports are gutting U.S. ranching. The American Beef Labeling Act would finally let shoppers choose American beef.

There’s no doubt that an introduction of New World screwworm, which is advancing northward from Central America and through Mexico, would have a devastating impact on America’s livestock, wildlife and people.

Federal health officials have dramatically scaled back a program that has tracked food poisoning infections in the United States for three decades.

The bulk of changes on the crop supply and demand estimates report were influenced by increases in corn and soybean harvested acres projected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

How did we get to the point where we need a “Make America Healthy Again” campaign? Here’s one career dairyman’s perspective.

The Make American Healthy Again Commission released is policy recommendation aimed at addressing chronic childhood disease.

Dan Sanderson is the recipient of the 2025 Illinois Leopold Conservation Award.

An agriculture commodity brokerage and analysis firm found fewer corn and soybean bushels than the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicated in its August estimates.

This time of year, cranberry farmers across the country are getting ready to harvest the berries so they can be on Thanksgiving dinner plates.

Eliot Clay didn’t know it in his youth but his later career as an advocate for conservation was in his DNA.

September usually marks a turning point. Summer turns to fall, vacation turns to school and the green hope and promise of growing crops turns into the yellow and gold of harvest. This month feels different, though.

As corn yields continue to climb, residue management will become increasingly important.

Trump political appointees are pushing an unprecedented restructuring on all U.S. Department of Agriculture programs.

Legislation lifting long-standing restrictions on small poultry farms in Illinois was signed into law by the governor after unanimous approval in both General Assembly chambers.

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