USDA is estimating near record corn and soybean crops in Iowa this year, but early yields results indicate that might be difficult to achieve, at least for corn. At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, ...

The good news is that crop prices, even though they are low historically, are higher today than they were a decade ago,” he ...

University of Missouri Extension senior research associate Ben Brown explores the Farm Bill, or lack thereof, and the financial position of Southeast Missouri farmers ...

Something significant is happening across the American agricultural landscape, and it's not just a blip on the radar. States ...

U.S. farmers this summer have received the best weather for growing crops in recent memory. But despite a record-sized crop coming, many in the Corn Belt barely expect to turn a profit this year. Corn ...

Jonathan and Carolyn Olson’s family farm has been going for more than a century. But within the past 30 years, they’ve made some changes, focusing on raising organic crops. “It brings us different ...

Domestic agricultural processing does more than create demand for farm commodities. It anchors economic activity in rural communities.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that $12 billion will be made available for the “Farmer Bridge Assistance” program, which will provide economic assistance payments to producers ...

Corn and soybeans may not often appear directly on your dinner plate, but they’re behind much of what does. From feeding the livestock that produce our eggs, meat and dairy to fueling global trade and ...

Crop prices in Southeast Missouri have risen far more slowly than machinery, seed, labor, fertilizer and land costs, squeezing margins for corn, soybean and rice farmers.