Soybeans

The Dave and Donna Scanlon family was proud to receive the Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of more than 100 years of agricultural heritage.

The Riskedal family uses regenerative agricultural practices on their farm where they grow corn, soybeans and wheat along with feeding cattle for a freezer beef enterprise.

Farmer Dan Glessing isn’t ready to get too upset over President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

Because of all the rain we have experienced in southeastern Indiana, we are only 30% complete with our bean acres and haven’t gotten any corn in the ground yet.

The opening lines in a recent farmdocDAILY post should have raised an eyebrow or two among farm bill geeks both in and out of Congress.

The 2025 High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit was held in Indianapolis, where attendees learned about the potential of corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel.

This is the first in a series of columns featuring conversations with state Farm Bureau presidents about current issues in agriculture.

Most of the crops are planted in the northern two-thirds of Illinois, but multiple bouts of heavy rains in the southern part of the state have slowed many farmers to a standstill.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts soybean ending stocks will decrease 16%, or 55 million bushels less than 2024, and corn ending stocks will increase 27%, or 385 million bushels from 2024.

The Illinois Soybean Association announced the launch of the SpringBoard Seed Funding Challenge, an initiative designed to find new uses for soy by identifying and supporting early-stage innovations in soy-based, non-food applications.

New crop corn and soybean ending stock estimates were lower than pre-report trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report.

A first-look at the 2025-2026 crop balance sheet was rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sangamon and Macon counties had the top average corn and soybean yields, respectively, in 2024.

We are about one-third done with planting. So far, Morris has been wetter this year, but we do have some beans planted there.

After two bitter tariff wars in less than a decade, China now sees Brazil as a better long-term bet for groceries than the United States.

I’ve got my bean crop planted into green standing cereal rye that had been sprayed just the day previous. It went into great soil conditions.

There are good days and bad days — and Wednesday was the latter at Ropp Jersey Cheese.

Planting season went smoothly for Craig Swartz and his father, Gary, and was wrapped up in record fashion.

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.

I have 100 acres of corn left to plant and maybe 80 acres of beans left. We’ve really been hitting it hard.

Founders Pledge announced a $1.02 million gift from an anonymous donor to fund the Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois for another year.

AgriNews is happy to welcome back Clay Geyer as northern Indiana’s From the Fields contributor for 2025.

Students at Grant Park learned how to “bend don’t break” during a project developed by the Grant Park FFA Chapter that focused on mental health.

Tours of the Peoria Next Innovation Center kicked off the premier Soybean Innovation Center SpringBoard Challenge.

Corn and soybeans are planted at the same time on the Henert farm.

If you are one of the millions of Americans who pollsters say “voted for change” last November, boy, are you getting it now.

Spring planting is just getting started, so hopefully we will not see any major breakdowns.

On any given day, Dan Parker could be advocating for agriculture with legislators, helping his daughters with 4-H projects, supporting the local FFA chapter, selling seed, or working on the farm.

As more than 1,000 FFA members and their teachers visited the Statehouse, a longtime advocate for those wearing the blue jackets reminisced about how the organization impacted his life.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened its monthly supply and demand estimates report with a caveat.

Meet Mindy Orschell, AgriNews’ new From the Fields contributor in southern Indiana.

Beck’s announced that construction is underway for a new 96,000-square-foot facility in south-central Minnesota, in addition to the existing research and breeding program base.

With all of the pieces of the puzzle already in place, an initiative is underway with a goal of making the Prairie State the ag-tech center of the world.

The Illinois Soybean Association has named six agronomic professionals to its 2025 IL Soy Envoy class.

Tags on bags of livestock feed must meet specific standards.

Corn and soybean stocks halfway through the marketing year were headed in different directions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly grain stocks report.

A unexpected reduction in corn ending stocks was among the few surprises in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s April supply and demand estimates report.

“I” state farmers intend to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring compared to last year, according to a prospective plantings report.

Beyond a comprehensive look at farmland values, the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ annual report also features other tidbits of interest in each Prairie State region.

Expectations a year ago that farmland prices have plateaued became reality through 2024 — and farm managers and rural appraisers expect more of the same this year.

Twenty-five Illinois Farm Bureau members recently graduated from the Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow, an extensive leadership development program designed to help participants develop leadership and advocacy skills and to become a voice for Illinois agriculture.

The Illinois Soybean Board is seeking candidates for at-large directors.

Changes are happening on the labels of herbicide products that may impact the way farmers spray their crops.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the estimated acres for corn and soybeans to be planted. The report indicates a substantial reduction in intended soybean plantings for 2025.

Prospective planting and quarterly grain stock numbers released March 31 were at or near expectations and primarily already priced into the market.

Indiana and U.S. farmers intend to plant more corn and fewer soybean acres this year compared to 2024, according to Indiana Farm Bureau’s Chief Economist Todd Davis, who analyzed the recent Prospective Plantings report.

The Illinois Soybean Association’s new-look rainfall simulator trailer hit the road for a demonstration at a central Illinois school.

Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2025 crop year have until April 15 to revise elections and sign contracts.

A team of students from Purdue University earned $20,000 for creating SoyShield — an alternative to plastic wrap designed to be used in laboratories to seal chemical containers.

Soy Straws, a lightweight, shelf-stable snack, earned the $5,000 top prize in the first-ever Student Soy Food Competition at the 31st annual Student Soybean Innovation Competition.