Market development and a new farm bill continue to be among the top priorities for the Illinois Soybean Association.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance on Section 45Z of the Clean Fuels Production Tax Credit, clarifying the tool and how it supports biofuel production.

Illinois Farm Bureau President Philip Nelson has spent the months since his election meeting with members across the state.

Corn basis weakened across much of the eastern Corn Belt in August, but soybean basis told a very different story.

With lower projected year-end stocks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture bumped up price expectations in its supply and demand estimates report.

A Federal Reserve survey found agriculture conditions across the Corn Belt improved slightly, but generally remained strained.

The general reaction to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s small refinery exemptions was both concern about the number granted, while also endorsing a plan to reallocate renewable fuel volumes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted 29 small refinery exemptions from 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements and included a proposed plan to restore the lost renewable fuel volume in the near future.

The cost and commodity price squeeze continues as it nears time to plan for next year’s crop and correlating fertilizer strategy.

Two Indiana staples — corn and racing — are crossing paths in 2027.

Rural America doesn’t ask for much — just a fair shot and a government that has their back.

Farmer leaders of the Illinois Corn Growers Association recently advocated for their peers on Capitol Hill.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy stressed the need for more certainty from Capitol Hill for farmers.

The House narrowly approved a $95 billion budget bill to send the measure — which contains $12 billion in additional agricultural assistance — to the Senate, where it faces an unclear path, reports Jim Henry.

Lower projected corn and wheat stocks bumped up anticipated season-average prices while soybeans were unchanged in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates report.

The Senate’s version of a new farm bill stalled in the Agriculture Committee, and its members will reconvene next month for another vote on the package.

Additional financial support is critical to offset trade-related losses, rising input costs and the deep financial pressure facing U.S. row crop and specialty crop producers.

Alan Guebert experienced countless changes over his long career as an ag journalist, ranging from technology to news coverage.

Spraying for weeds in corn and soybean fields has been completed on Cliff Lane’s farm and the next task will be spraying the crops with fungicide.

It’s been nearly a decade since Congress last passed a farm bill, making a new one long overdue.

Without federal assistance, the economic situation in rural America will only get worse, warns Jim Henry.

The new officers of Indiana FFA will travel the state in a car that runs on E85 fuel and has tires made with soybean oil in the tire tread compound.

From supporting rural communities to marketing products internationally, the Illinois Department of Agriculture provides a wide range of programs.

The Illinois Corn Growers Association and farmer leaders feel overwhelmingly positive after their review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regenerative Feedstock Rule.

Old- and new-crop ending stocks for corn and soybeans fell below trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s balance sheet estimates.

With the updated data from the latest quarterly grain stocks and acreage reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made some slight adjustments in the crop balance sheets.

The United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn. But that global market — and corn superpower status — is not guaranteed.

The farm economy is at a pivotal moment: If policymakers are not able to learn from the mistakes of the past, the past could repeat itself.

An expected large shift away from corn acres didn’t happen, based on a planted acres survey of farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Illinois Small Business Development Center’s International Trade Center is exploring collaboration opportunities with the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

With a mandatory July 1 deadline for the trilateral joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement approaching, an economic study detailed the trade pact’s overall impact on U.S. agriculture.

Wheat stocks fell on lower production estimates, and corn and soybeans supplies were steady in the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates report.

State lawmakers approved a $55.9 billion budget that included current-level funding for the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

Expanding access to American-grown fuels is one more way agriculture can help keep our country moving.

The U.S. House passed legislation allowing for year-round, nationwide sale of E15 fuel May 13 and the bill advances to the Senate.

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

The initial crop balance sheet forecasts for the 2026-2027 marketing year were unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. House passed a new farm bill after the agriculture industry has operated for the past eight years under the previous legislation that included three extensions.

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

Farmland prices are expected to decrease from 1% to 5% this year, according to Illinois professional farm managers.

Brazil’s massive dual-fuel fleet — consisting of vehicles capable of running on any combination of ethanol and gasoline — is unique in its scale.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective planting survey indicated farmers aren’t making as large of a shift toward more soybeans and less corn acres as expected — but with a caveat.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its fifth consecutive temporary emergency waiver to allow nationwide summer sale of E15.

Consolidations from the farm gate through the entire supply chain, combined with inconsistent federal policies, have pushed agriculture toward a pivotal moment in the nation’s history.

We must ensure strong market opportunities here at home to keep family farms in business.

Other than a nickel increase in the projected average wheat price and tweaks in the global supplies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop balance sheets were mostly unchanged in the March estimates.

Crude oil prices, like it or not, often shape the world’s economies and geo-politics.

From progress on the farm bill to new trade agreements and growing momentum for year-round E15, there’s been meaningful movement that shows agriculture’s priorities are being heard.

March is when most people’s thoughts turn to spring and most farmers start looking forward to another productive year of growing food, feed and fiber.

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson must not be a superstitious man. If he were, he would not have introduced the biggest bill of his congressional career, the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026,” on Friday the 13th.