President Donald Trump teased the announcement earlier, but the Coca-Cola Co. confirmed it: a cane sugar-sweetened version of the beverage maker’s trademark soda will be released in the United States this fall.

One of the great honors of my role as American Farm Bureau Federation president is sharing the stories of farmers and ranchers from across this country with leaders who are making decisions that directly impact our work, our families and our livelihoods.

Last year, about this time, I wrote a column about putting things in perspective and understanding the national debt. The number that was the focus of my writing was 35 trillion. But, alas, a year has passed, and a new number has taken its place.

Before railroads were established in Illinois, cattle and hog farmers drove their animals to livestock markets and processing facilities.

Around 160 people attended the annual Indiana Ag Policy Summit, hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance’s Membership and Policy Committee and the Indiana Corn Growers Association.

Nominating petitions are now available for eligible wheat producers interested in becoming a candidate for the Illinois Wheat Development Board.

In the year ahead, the United Soybean Board will boost demand for U.S. soy, drive on-farm resilience and bring value to the nearly half a million U.S. soybean farmers.

The agricultural economic outlook across the Corn Belt’s Federal Reserve Districts remain subdued.

Budget reconciliation legislation that includes farm safety net enhancements, higher reference prices and biofuel tax credits was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump.

U.S. cattle producers with an interest in strengthening the economic position of their individual farms and ranches and in ensuring the health and safety of their livestock herd would not knowingly support policies that conflict with their own interests and goals.

Good farm management is a multi-year process.

Identifying their business goal will help cattlemen determine where to allocate dollars in their operation.

“Why would federal policy favor legal fictional entities over individual family farms?” That’s a great question, and it was asked — and answered — by Jonathan Coppess, an associate professor of law and policy at the University of Illinois.

With data from the recent survey-based acreage and grain stocks reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered new corn and soybean production estimates in its supply and demand estimates report.

U.S. winter wheat production was forecast lower in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop production report.

The goal of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders is to spread the benefits of the higher fluid milk prices to more dairymen.

Four companies have been selected for the inaugural cohort for the Midwest Dairy Accelerator — an intensive eight-week virtual initiative designed to accelerate the next generation of dairy forward food and beverage entrepreneurs.

“I” state farmers switched to more corn and less soybean planted acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in its June planted acres survey.

An end of the third quarter snapshot of grain stocks were rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian influenza, the main cause of recent high egg prices.

Incorporating cover crops into their regenerative farming system has been a learning process for the Riskedal family this spring.

Beck’s, the largest family-owned retail seed company in the United States, announced a strategic partnership with Matt Bennett, a nationally recognized grain marketing analyst, consultant and farmer from central Illinois.

American Agri-Women’s 30th Symposium was held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.

Although Elaina and Garrett Fales have no farming background, they have developed a cut flower production farm that markets primarily to florists.

Farmers truly share a bond, no matter where we live or what we grow and raise.

Farming is an uncertain business. Farmers and ranchers received some certainty, however, with the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities.

We should be back in the sheep barn this year with some lambs my granddaughter is bringing for the 4-H show.

With good yields come low prices, so at times like these it’s good to have some diversification.

Connect with crop experts and innovators during the Illinois Wheat Association’s annual Summer Wheat Forum.

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half.

A young family from California recently stopped at the Ropp Jersey Cheese store where they shared some of their common along with unique experiences with Ken Ropp.

Farmers were less optimistic about the ag economy in June, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, which dropped 12 points.

With the record prices being paid for fat cattle I am trying to get them to eat and gain as fast as possible so we can take advantage of this crazy-high cattle market.

By having the HeatSiecker patches on this year, it allowed for digital alerts of estrus and not having to spend as much time visually observing the cows in person.

At a glance, the July agricultural supply and demand estimates report looked positive for the market with lower than expected ending stocks, but the trade thought otherwise.

The recent U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities had an immediate impact on the domestic economy, including costs associated with agricultural fertilizer.

A pair of crop reports fell primarily in line with trade expectations as the market turned its focus toward weather in the last quarter of the marketing year.

Shares of General Motors rose before the opening bell after announcing plans to invest $4 billion to shift some production from Mexico to U.S. manufacturing plants as the automaker navigates tariffs that could drive prices higher.

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

As another large dust storm impacted Illinois, the conversation and questions continue about why and how to get the dust to settle and stay in the field rather than across roadways.

The U.S. pork industry is charting a new course to engage with American consumers and boost domestic demand as trade policy and global market dynamics threaten the pace of export sales.

The United States has the ability to produce nearly everything on grocery store shelves. That’s pretty remarkable.

Government, of course, has dozens of ways to indirectly impact ag markets.

Corn Belt agricultural conditions ranged from weak to slightly favorable in the latest Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.

If you’re in charge of reversing American agriculture’s three-years-old-and-growing trade deficit, your list of options is as limited as it is unworkable.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a rule that Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-powered cars and trucks are illegal and moved to reverse them, paving the way for a likely reset of rules.

President Donald Trump signed a resolution that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

American farmers take the responsibility of providing a safe food supply to heart because we know that food security means national security.

Hoosiers are paying an average of $71.49 for a cookout feeding 10 people this summer, or $7.15 per person — a 5% increase compared to last year, according to a survey from Indiana Farm Bureau.