Friday, November 13, 2026 10:28PM CST Montana ranchers Tristan and Shaylyn Stark bring family together for weaning day, evaluating calf performance, marketing steers and selecting replacement heifers for future herd improvements.
Friday, November 13, 2026 2:56PM CST The American Farm Bureau Federation supports major federal permitting reform but warns that expanded federal authority over transmission lines could weaken farmers' property rights and landowner protections.
Friday, November 13, 2026 11:17AM CST A Minnesota county commissioner and agriculturalist is urging Congress to resolve SNAP cost-sharing disputes in the farm bill, calling on Republicans to negotiate a delay before higher federal costs further strain rural county budgets.
Predicted percent deviation from trend based on the regression between 25 years' worth of week 39 ratings and percent deviation figures from the 25-year trend vs. the USDA Sep yiel...
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Farmers are expected to receive $13.4 billion in ARC/PLC payments this month, but they also face fuel and oil expenses that are projected to be at least 29% higher than a year ago....
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Tropical moisture moving into a stalled front, followed closely by a system moving through, will add up to some heavy rainfall totals for parts of the Central U.S.
Council Bluffs, Iowa-based Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy acquired a 70-million-gallon Ord, Nebraska, ethanol plant and is expanding its production capacity to 230 million gallons...
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Traders believed there was a chance that last week's fed cash cattle market could trade steady, if not a tick higher, and that's all the support they needed to boldly push the cont...
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The wet season is starting on time, but mostly due to fronts pressing into central Brazil. El Nino is likely to cause more sparse precipitation this season.
In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Roboti...
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The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.
December corn is up 5 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 16 cents, December KC wheat is up 10 1/4 cents, December Chicago wheat is up 11 cents, and MIAX December Minneapolis wheat is up 0.0800 cents.
We have made it to Friday with no cash trade reported for fed cattle this week. Who will give in, will it be the packer or the producer?