Jim Henry points to biofuels — not export demand — as the key driver for corn and soybean markets in the future.

At 92, Mom had outlived all her siblings and all her classmates, but her passing has left a big hole to fill in all the love she poured into all the friends and family that were lucky enough to know her.

The Illinois Corn Growers Association announces its fourth annual ICGA Scholarship Program, supporting students pursuing degrees in agriculture.

Despite the latest — and delayed — crop balance sheets showing only slight changes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reports painted the trade screens red.

With limited data, in some cases, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report since September.

Minimal changes were made in “I” state corn and soybean average yields in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop production report.

We figured we were probably 5% over our Actual Production History for the year in both corn and soybeans and actually our toughest ground did better than our better ground this year.

As the fall harvest season comes to a close, farmers are carefully studying their balance sheets.

This year’s harvest is definitely not as good as last year, but better than I had feared.

Agricultural conditions across the Corn Belt are strained in part due to concerns about China’s elimination of soybean purchases and low crop prices, according to a Federal Reserve survey.

An Illinois grain farmer and popular host of podcasts, radio and television shows was the guest speaker at Eureka Savings Bank’s recent inaugural ag event.

IL Corn’s executive director, Rodney Weinzierl, and managing director, Jim Tarmann, were each awarded the Honorary American FFA Degree during the National FFA Convention & Expo.

Jim Henry shares some long-awaited positive trade news — a meaningful step to reestablishing a stable, long-term relationship with the world’s largest buyer of soybeans.

Kyle Martz knew as an eighth-grade student that he was going to join the Army and serve his country.

After college, Marcus Maier got a full-time job, but he still had the notion of joining the Army in the back of his mind.

When Randy Rosengren graduated from high school, he could not wait to start farming with his dad, but first he choose to complete his military service.

From service in the Air Force to a career in agricultural real estate, Craig Stevenson’s journey has taken him around the world and then back home to Indiana.

Landowners and farmers should consider a flexible cash lease to accommodate changing prices and yields during the growing season, which allows farmers to minimize some risk and for landowners to capture higher profits.

The amount of corn used for ethanol has flattened since the boom of the mid-1990s through 2010, but a new economic study shows the opportunities an E15 blend would provide.

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

Two farms were honored with the inaugural Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing Stewardship Award, presented by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing.

Indiana agriculture took center stage as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Everett Farms and Seed LLC in Lebanon ahead of her keynote address to the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.

With the warm, dry conditions, harvest is almost complete at Riskedal Farms, where some corn and sunflowers remain to be picked.

An expanded soybean portfolio, new herbicide formulation and a new trait on the near horizon are flowing through the pipeline fueling the future of agriculture.

Soybean yields have been a record on almost every farm in our neck of the woods. Corn has been the same.

The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.

With the harvest near the finish line, corn growers turn toward their nitrogen plans for the 2026 growing season that may include a fall application.

Draining excess water from farm fields in Illinois is vital to food and renewable fuel production. However, the lack of adequate farm drainage is a serious problem.

In 2018, Blake Twenhafel started BT Lawn Care with one customer, and during the next few years, he expanded his business to include over 50 commercial and residential properties.

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.

One of the oldest sayings in poker warns that if you’re in a game for 20 minutes and haven’t figured out who’s the patsy — the player most likely to be the game’s biggest loser — you’re the patsy.

Katie Nelsen has been named the new executive director of public policy at Indiana Farm Bureau.

Jim Henry warns that farmers across the Midwest face an urgent challenge this harvest season: limited grain storage capacity.

Thousands of small-scale farmers in Malawi are using a generative AI chatbot designed by the non-profit Opportunity International for farming advice.

Yield/Profit Challenge has eight years of on-farm trial data in the books to document which systems provide the best return-on-investment for crop production.

A company that offers an ocean-sourced limestone replacement is expanding into the Midwest for farmers.

For over two decades, the Beck’s Practical Farm Research program has provided data-driven information to help farmers make agronomic decisions on their own farms.

Farm income concerns along with state and federal issues continue to be a focus of Illinois Farm Bureau.

I admire those older ranchers for their work ethic and their passion to care for their flock, but it is hard to duplicate that in the younger generation.

Jim Henry laments that farmers are facing a difficult economy, as crop prices continue to decline and production expenses remain high.

The lack of rain leading up to harvest, combined with dry conditions and 80-degree days, really cooked the crops down fast.

Between harvest and corn-husking competitions, there is never a dull moment on the Geyer farm this time of year.

The earliest winter calvers were moved to corn residue closer to his home and, as mentioned last month, half of the stocker steers grazing the sorghum-sudangrass also were shipped out to a Nebraska feedlot.

I would like to find some time for some more brush control projects, but I’m concerned that the dry weather may have rendered the target plants less receptive to absorb the chemical than would be ideal and I don’t want to waste the herbicides or the time to apply them.

Fall field trips are in full swing for children and their teachers.

Farmers are facing a tough fall and, unfortunately, it could get tougher if we don’t resolve current trade disputes soon.

Seed corn harvest is complete and soybean harvest is almost finished at the Henert farm in north-central Illinois.

Farmers can complete tillage operations autonomously with John Deere technology.

A new economic impact report shows there’s more to Illinois farms than just corn, soybeans and wheat along the highways.

Sustainea is investing $400 million to establish its first Bio-MEG monoethylene glycol industrial plant in Lafayette.