Sugarbeet growers in eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota had to leave frozen beets unable to be harvested in the ground, with some losing a significant amount of their 201... [Read Full Blog]

A technical look at weekly charts of spot corn, soybeans and KC wheat futures.

Ten, twenty and thirty year seasonal of soybean oil's share of soybean crush value basis Central Illinois along with the 2019 values.

More than 300 farm groups sent a letter Monday to House leaders demonstrating their support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill set for a markup Wednesday b... [Read Full Blog]

It's hard to maintain a positive outlook with the trade war, tough growing season, thin profit margins, etc., but it's worth the effort. Research shows positive leadership is a com... [Read Full Blog]

Poor drying conditions, along with difficulty in procuring fuel for grain dryers, continue to impede the harvest in the Midwest and Northern Plains.

A group of Midwest senators ask President Donald Trump to uphold a biofuels agreement on small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

It takes some special folks to open their homes, the fields and their hearts. Let's give them a hearty thanks.

The University of Illinois would like to find their stone dairy cows and pig. Here's the backstory on these historical figures.

The weather forecast projects much of South America to be well-watered by the end of December.

If we're talking about the period from the rise of agriculture to 1700, Thomas Robert Malthus was actually right about the inability of food production to keep up with population g... [Read Full Blog]

John Deere's new X9 combine had an increase in capacity and efficiency. With its matching draper, the combine is designed for difficult small grain and high-moisture corn harvestin... [Read Full Blog]

The December, March and May oat contracts reached contract highs on Nov. 20, while futures spreads point to a bullish inverse. A great deal may be riding on Statistics Canada's Dec... [Read Full Blog]

Progress has been painfully slow to make data-driven farming a reality. Here are some of the challenges, along with why we need more solutions to expand and improve internet connec... [Read Full Blog]