Matt McCarthy just started planting this week. He kicks off our Plant Your Independence Tour. Our team will follow 6 ...

The April 9 USDA World Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report did not include any significant changes to supply or demand, compared other recent WASDE reports. The 2025-26 projected ending stocks ...

Irrigation experts explain how tracking daily "deposits and withdrawals" can prevent costly watering mistakes and protect ...

While the world of farming is more than full of opportunities and chances to grow, it can be a dangerous game that not ...

High input costs, a hefty estate tax and an older generation reluctant to retire are among the barriers young farmers face ...

A farmer in central Kentucky says corn planting is moving quickly this spring. “This is my twenty-second crop and it’s probably my second earliest spring I’ve experienced.” Caleb Ragland tells ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is impacting some farmers in Central Virginia. A third of the world’s fertilizer goes ...

Small grain planting is off to a fast start in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says 11 percent of oats are planted, compared to nine percent normally. Minnesota Ag Commissioner Thom ...

“This is a slow-moving food crisis in the making,” David Ortega, an agricultural economist and professor at Michigan State ...

Some small grains planting has begun in the region. But questions remain about how farmers still could switch acres around among crops in a search for profitability as input costs continue to rise.

Having a good April seed-starting plan will eventually provide harvests for market or food for the people on the farm. The most important factors to consider are the local climate and the time ...

Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a ...