Friday, May 29, 2026 12:26PM CDT
A new study found the Renewable Fuel Standard transferred hundreds of billions of dollars to Midwest landowners by raising farmland values by up to 70%.
Friday, May 29, 2026 12:18PM CDT
Ellie Bowman, a sixth-generation Kansas farm girl, turned a small-town lumberyard into Prickly Pear Farm and Home -- a thriving rural one-stop shop -- by listening to customers and filling community needs.
Friday, May 29, 2026 8:46AM CDT
Alberta's Cross Cattle Company strategically selects registered Angus bulls balancing carcass and maternal traits to advance herd genetics. Quality bull selection, built on a 40-year seedstock partnership, drives herd improvement and long-term sustainability.
Over the next several weeks, spot July soybean futures could move in either direction with both bullish and bearish factors likely to assure continued volatility in the weeks and m...
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USDA released details on the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) program. USDA has also increased the funding for the program due to higher input costs. The payments to sp...
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Commodities brokers advise farmers to develop disciplined grain marketing plans based on production costs, stick to price targets, seek professional guidance and utilize futures an...
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Though it has been very wet in a lot of areas lately, a drier pattern is setting up during the next two weeks across large portions of the Midwest and Southeast.
Farmers for Soil Health, an initiative to increase the use of cover crop acres on U.S. farmland, has restructured its contracts and increased its payment rates. Enrollment is open...
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While the White House touts that China has agreed to buy $17 billion in agricultural commodities under an agreement reached last week, a new report shows U.S. agricultural exports...
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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 soybean/corn price ratio continues to support a shift in area from corn to soybean planting as the season wraps up, backing ideas that corn acres are likely to decline further...
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DTN/Progressive Farmer examines the challenges facing rural America and the solutions some communities are embracing to succeed, in a series titled "Rural Resilience."
EARLY MORNING GLOBEX NET CHANGES: July corn is down 2 1/4 cents per bushel, July soybeans are up 2 cents, July KC wheat is down 2 3/4 cents, July Chicago wheat is steady, and MIAX July Minneapolis wheat is down 0.0125 cents.
Cattle futures tried to hold gains and push higher on Thursday, but bullish traders finally gave up and prices declined. Hog futures were able to close in positive territory as a further correction of the oversold status took place.