Long-awaited actions by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Department of Energy to clarify the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credits in support of domestic biofuel production were welcomed by commodity groups.

The Illinois Soybean Association elected new leadership during its annual public meeting in Champaign.

At the Ag Policy Summit, two Indiana farmers discussed how the American Soybean Association and the United Soybean Board work together for U.S. farmers.

Too many officials in the Trump administration and several farm-state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true.

In response to The Mosaic Company’s plans to scale back domestic production, state and national soybean leaders called on the Trump administration to take action.

The U.S. House’s passage of legislation allowing nationwide, year-round use of E15 drew mixed reactions from farm and biofuel groups.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard “Set 2” ruling that locks in the highest-ever Renewable Volume Obligations.

According to the latest Feeding the Economy report, agriculture and food industries are a huge part of the U.S. economy.

U.S. farmers continue to face market uncertainty and rising input costs which are being worsened by phosphate duties incurred through antidumping and countervailing investigations.

The 2026-2027 board of directors were announced at the U.S. Soybean Export Council annual meeting.

U.S. House leadership omitted a piece of the appropriations package that would permanently allow year-round sale of E15, choosing to create a rural energy council to explore this legislation.

Per-acre payment specifics for the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program were released on New Year’s Eve.

At the 2025 Indiana Ag Gathering held at the French Lick Springs Resort, the Indiana Farm Bureau delegate body reelected INFB Vice President Kendell Culp of Jasper County.

Mark Gebhards, retired Illinois Farm Bureau executive director of governmental affairs and commodities division and chief strategy officer and adviser to the IFB president, was honored with the IFB 2025 Eagle Award for Excellence.

The best action we could take in the coming year to better serve all Americans — farmers, ranchers and every food buyer — is to simply stop digging the deepening hole we’re already in.

A $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program to help farmers offset trade disruptions and increased production costs was announced by the Trump administration.

The American Soybean Association, U.S. Soybean Export Council and ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health expressed strong support for the America First Trade Promotion Program recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

New data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month after a high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland urged Congress and the administration to take immediate action to reduce farm production costs and prevent additional family farm closures.

A farmer and biodiesel facility quality control manager, both from Illinois, were among the newly appointed Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners Coalition directors.

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.

American soybean farmers are fretting over not only this year’s crop, but the long-term viability of their businesses, built in part on China’s once-insatiable appetite for U.S. beans.

A coalition of state soybean associations has submitted a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urging the administration to preserve the Agricultural Research Service facility in Urbana.

America continues to hand more of the global soy export market to Brazil, South America’s unchallenged soybean powerhouse.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the United States will offer financial support to Argentina to prop up its ailing economy, prompting frustration from soybean producers.

Concerns expressed by agriculture groups when the preliminary Make Our Children Healthy Again draft was issued in May were quelled with the final strategy.

September usually marks a turning point. Summer turns to fall, vacation turns to school and the green hope and promise of growing crops turns into the yellow and gold of harvest. This month feels different, though.

The new Illinois Soybean Association chair is a firm believer in achieving goals through collaboration.

Agriculture leaders voiced support for the massive spending and tax package bill that includes significant new farm program funding.

A proposed rule to establish required Renewable Fuel Standard volumes and percentage standards for 2026 and 2027 was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

For U.S. farmers and ranchers, May 22 was right out of a Dickens novel: It was the best of days and the worst of days.

Opportunities and market diversity for soybean farmers were on full display during a recent tour of the Incobrasa Industries.

The recently implemented U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Final Insecticide Strategy drew support from various agriculture groups for its “commonsense” approach and efforts to work with stakeholders.

A report questioning farmers’ use of crop protection tools drew concerns the federal government could take a position to restrict access to agricultural inputs.

Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit if they could find a way to limit their sky-high costs.

China shifted a major portion of its soybean purchases to Brazil when the 2018 trade war kicked in. What could new tariffs bring?

From issues impacting the farm economy, including record costs for labor, interest and taxes, to trade and biofuels, there a lot of challenges facing farmers today. But there also are opportunities, said Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association.

President Donald Trump temporarily suspended across-the-board 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada until April 2.

As the trade deficit and farm production costs continue to rise, the state of the agricultural economy is “dire,” lamented new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.

It is a new day for agriculture, said Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins.

Agriculture groups are grateful that Congress extended the 2018 farm bill for another year, but urge lawmakers to stay focused on new, modernized legislation that recognizes the many changes and challenges of the past six years.

Indiana Soybean Alliance Board Directors Mike Koehne and C.J. Chalfant were elected to leadership positions with the Soy Transportation Coalition during the group’s meeting in Alabama.

What is the value of seed treatments to U.S. soybean farmers, and how do they feel about alternatives to seed treatments?

Election Day, Nov. 5, will end the costliest, dirtiest American political campaign season in memory and it will likely also mark Opening Day for what could be the costliest, dirtiest post-election fight in American history.

Let’s pause to consider the-above headline. First, it’s a quote; I didn’t write it. That’s important because the third rail of today’s ag journalism — the deadly, high-voltage topic that can burn your career — is Donald Trump.

A new study revealed a tariff-induced trade war would have a serious impact on corn and soybean farmers via lost global market share.

Low rainfall levels throughout the Midwest in the late summer and early autumn have caused water levels on the upper and lower Mississippi, as well as the Illinois, Missouri and Ohio rivers, to drop.

While recent actions may have led fans — and foes — of biodiesel, including soy biodiesel, to start writing the renewable fuel’s obituary, one biodiesel cheerleader isn’t ready to send flowers.

As soon as the large mahogany door in the congressional building was opened, the farmers were greeted with hellos and handshakes. “Do you want some Indiana popcorn?” the staff in Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Pence’s office proudly asked.

Through the foresight of farmers campaigning for a sales tax exemption over two decades ago, biodiesel production in Illinois has increased fifteenfold.