This year’s U.S. corn exports show just how upside down the ag export picture is for farmers and ranchers.

Jim Henry stresses the need for grain export sales.

Old-time wheat threshing with side dishes of broom making, blacksmithing, basket weaving and other “hands-on” historical skills were all on the menu at the Bos Bros Fall Harvest, an old-fashioned threshing bee.

Wheat harvest is complete on Riskedal Family Farms and cover crops have been planted that will be grazed by cattle starting in September.

Beck’s has acquired Andrews Farm and Seed in Carthage, Missouri — the latest step in the company’s expansion efforts.

Nominating petitions are now available for eligible wheat producers interested in becoming a candidate for the Illinois Wheat Development Board.

A new fungicide with three active ingredients for corn, soybean and wheat diseases is expected to be available in the 2026 growing season, pending regulatory approval.

Indiana farmers planted an estimated 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers, according to a recent conservation survey from Indiana Conservation Partnership.

I’ve been doing a lot of trucking, spraying, machinery repairs. Wheat was fantastic this summer.

With data from the recent survey-based acreage and grain stocks reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered new corn and soybean production estimates in its supply and demand estimates report.

U.S. winter wheat production was forecast lower in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop production report.

“I” state farmers switched to more corn and less soybean planted acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in its June planted acres survey.

An end of the third quarter snapshot of grain stocks were rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Incorporating cover crops into their regenerative farming system has been a learning process for the Riskedal family this spring.

With just a couple months left until harvest, fields across the region are in the height of growing season.

We should be back in the sheep barn this year with some lambs my granddaughter is bringing for the 4-H show.

Connect with crop experts and innovators during the Illinois Wheat Association’s annual Summer Wheat Forum.

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half.

At a glance, the July agricultural supply and demand estimates report looked positive for the market with lower than expected ending stocks, but the trade thought otherwise.

A pair of crop reports fell primarily in line with trade expectations as the market turned its focus toward weather in the last quarter of the marketing year.

Corn Belt agricultural conditions ranged from weak to slightly favorable in the latest Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.

Beneath the red, white and blue fanfare lays a story that’s just as rooted in the soil as it is in our history books — because when America declared independence, it was farmers who helped make that freedom possible.

Swartz Farms is transitioning into summer mode after a timely planting season.

This is the second in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture.

This cattle market is crazy good and has me wondering how long it can last.

Our independent cattle and sheep industries have been steaming along through history as if they were without a strategic vision — rudderless and directionless.

June agricultural supply and demand reports are typically focused more on old crop demand adjustments and that was the case in the June 12 estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Increases in corn and wheat exports lowered ending stocks, while the soybean domestic balance sheet was unchanged in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates report.

U.S. winter wheat production is forecast to be 2% above 2024 and slightly higher than last month’s estimate.

Clay Geyer is balancing working on the farm, promoting corn-husking competitions and much more this summer.

In February 2018, this space outlined my assessment of Congress’s meandering approach to the overdue farm bill. It was a waste of ink.

A 2% year-over-year increase in winter wheat production is projected for 2025, according to the first farm operator survey of the growing season.

A first-look at the 2025-2026 crop balance sheet was rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Riskedal family uses regenerative agricultural practices on their farm where they grow corn, soybeans and wheat along with feeding cattle for a freezer beef enterprise.

Farmer Dan Glessing isn’t ready to get too upset over President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

The opening lines in a recent farmdocDAILY post should have raised an eyebrow or two among farm bill geeks both in and out of Congress.

This is the first in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture.

New crop corn and soybean ending stock estimates were lower than pre-report trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report.

Planting season went smoothly for Craig Swartz and his father, Gary, and was wrapped up in record fashion.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign returns with its Agronomy Days series where Illinois growers can learn more about the latest productivity, profitability and sustainability breakthroughs developed by experts.

If you are one of the millions of Americans who pollsters say “voted for change” last November, boy, are you getting it now.

Spring planting is just getting started, so hopefully we will not see any major breakdowns.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened its monthly supply and demand estimates report with a caveat.

Tags on bags of livestock feed must meet specific standards.

Corn and soybean stocks halfway through the marketing year were headed in different directions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly grain stocks report.

A unexpected reduction in corn ending stocks was among the few surprises in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s April supply and demand estimates report.

“I” state farmers intend to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring compared to last year, according to a prospective plantings report.

Acres of plants including cacti, succulents, bedding plants, perennials and orchids are growing in greenhouses at Altman Plants.

The futures market is reacting as expected with all this tariff news creating plenty of uncertainty which usually trends lower as most players look to eliminate risk.

Prospective planting and quarterly grain stock numbers released March 31 were at or near expectations and primarily already priced into the market.