Precision Conservation Management has announced a new supply chain partnership with Kraft Heinz that will support Illinois farmers who implement in-field conservation practices like cover crops, reduced tillage and nitrogen fertilizer reductions.

Functioning tile drains are essential to crop productivity and water quality.

Financial stress is severe and persistent across farm country, according to a new Market Intel report from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Biofuels, like E15, are boosting farm businesses, improving the environment and reducing costs at the pump.

President Donald Trump announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks.

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

Mark Bunselmeyer was elected president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association for 2025-2026 at its annual re-organizational meeting.

Several individuals and a family were honored for their contributions in promoting and supporting corn farmers during the Illinois Corn Growers Association’s annual meeting.

We must look internally — within the borders of the United States — not externally to foreign countries, to resolve our domestic beef production shortfall.

With historically strong beef prices driving profitability for many ranchers in 2025, now may be the ideal time to reinvest in their operations by enhancing feed grain, hay and pasture production by adding center pivot irrigation.

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.

With lower grain prices, higher interest rates and increased production costs, some farms are facing a challenging financial situation.

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.

Emergency loans are available to counties impacted by excessive rain and flooding last spring in southern Illinois.

President Donald Trump announced that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices.

More than a decade after U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations banned whole milk from school menus, Congress is considering a comeback.

Jim Henry forecasts an unprecedented financial crisis, a perfect storm of soaring input costs and plummeting commodity prices.

Farmers have options they can implement prior to the end of the year to impact the amount of taxes they will owe for 2025.

Farmers can deduct the residual fertility value on newly purchased or inherited land. A soil analysis and records of past treatments are needed to claim the deduction.

The Indiana Ag Gathering will take place Dec. 12-13 at the French Lick Springs Resort. The registration deadline is Dec. 4.

While farm equity slipped this year, it remains relatively stable due to large “contemporary,” or same-year, federal payments. Overall, however, farmers remain under threat in 2026.

The Precision Conservation Management program is wrapping up its 10th year of providing free technical assistance to identify solutions for the environment and farmers’ bottom lines.

Clay Geyer celebrated the end of another successful year on his farm in northern Indiana.

The past few years have tested even the most seasoned farmers. Facing rising input costs, unpredictable market access and many other challenges, farmers and ranchers are working harder while margins grow thinner.

Farmland values were unchanged from the second to third quarter of 2025 in the Seventh Federal Reserve District and up 3% year-over-year.

Jim Henry gives thanks that the price of a classic Thanksgiving dinner has dropped for the third consecutive year, according to a Farm Bureau survey.

President Donald Trump accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the United States and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation.

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.

Together, we can help farms of all sizes succeed to ensure America’s ability to be food independent long into the future.

Hoosiers are paying an average of $53.62 for Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people, or $5.36 per person — a marginal increase of 3 cents per person from last year.

I still consider beef and lamb prices a bargain compared to most store items on most shoppers’ grocery list. And that good red meat is building health, not destroying it.

I am getting everything ready in the barn for winter. We do not have a lot to do since we do not lamb in the winter.

Ropp Jersey Cheese has transitioned from using milk produced on-site to milk from another family farm for its cheese products.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins touted the Trump administration’s milk action plan to support American dairy farmers at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

U.S. dairy farmers are thriving in the marketplace even as labor shortages and a volatile policy environment remain challenges, dairy industry leaders stressed at the National Milk Producers Federation’s annual meeting.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation praised the announcement of new trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala which collectively position U.S. dairy exporters for further gains in the Western Hemisphere.

Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta.

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

Beef imports into the United States market have exploded over the past two years — and no one in the industry wants to say anything about it.

Having a well-written farm lease is vital in today’s farm rental marketplace.

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.

We never quit trying to solve problems and figure out what could we have done better.

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.

An all-in-one technology platform to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability continues to expand after its initial introduction five years ago.

Jim Henry explains how effective planning and decision-making now can significantly impact your success in the 2026 growing season.

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

Corteva Inc. posted revenue of $2.62 billion and a loss of $320 million in the third quarter.

The Andersons Inc. posted revenue of $2.68 billion and a profit of $20.1 million in the third quarter.