Drought is creating a dreary outlook for Missouri farmers, but it wasn’t until mid-July that some of them realized just how bad it was. Farmers in pockets...
Mayfield, Kentucky has been in the bull’s-eye of Mother Nature’s wrath the past two years. Nineteen months after an EF4 tornado tore through the town, the deadliest...
A U.S. District Court for Massachusetts judge has extended the current stay on implementation of Question 3 (Q3) until Aug. 23. Q3, a 2016 ballot initiative...
The USDA report suggested farmers last spring paid attention to lower fertilizer costs and higher December corn values by planting more corn. Historically, when crops are...
an less be more in a cornfield? Can skip row corn add bushels to the bin? James Hitchcock wants the answers from one trusted source—his own...
Egg prices have sent shoppers on a rollercoaster this year. May’s CPI shows inflation slowed, but food prices, housing prices and the cost of used vehicles...
At the end of February, there were 9.9 million job openings in the U.S., compared to 5.8 million people who are currently unemployed, according to the...
The Federal Reserve announced its decision to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, while also signaling two more rate hikes are likely yet this year. As...
Commodity cycles bring opportunities and challenges. Just look at the charts to see how the past decade has played out for ROI in corn and soybeans....
Is a flash drought underway in the Corn Belt? Or, is what’s underway in farm country just some passing dryness? Those are questions USDA Meteorologist Brad...