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Court Ruling: Some USDA Cuts Must Get Restored
Sharon Mallory and her organization, the 2020 Farmers Cooperative, could once again get its share of $127 million in USDA grants, following a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling, according to Capital B News. The ruling could restore about half of the original USDA grants created under former President Joe Biden’s “Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program.” The program awarded $300 million to 50 projects as party of a federal effort to provide opportunities to Black
Dave Price
4 hours ago3 min read
AI for Farmers: Friend or Foe?
The potential benefits keep emerging: autonomous equipment, precision spraying, crop monitoring, and livestock management. Artificial intelligence (AI) helps guide producers in their decision-making as they search for efficiencies in time, cost, and labor demands. AI can utilize data from myriad sources like satellites, drones, field sensors, and weather forecasts. Additional information can help farmers know when crops are stressed, disease begins to form, irrigation needs t
Dave Price
4 hours ago3 min read
Recreational Buyers Keep Missouri Land Market Moving
Image Courtesy: Whitetail Properties Real Estate A nearly $1.5 million recreational property in northeast Missouri sold in just a few weeks this spring, offering another sign that demand for quality hunting and recreational land remains strong across the state. The 122.6-acre property in Pike County, near Bowling Green, checked many of the boxes today's recreational buyers are looking for: excellent hunting ground, tillable acreage, and a trail system that makes it easy to ge
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
4 hours ago3 min read
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Court Ruling: Some USDA Cuts Must Get Restored
Sharon Mallory and her organization, the 2020 Farmers Cooperative, could once again get its share of $127 million in USDA grants, following a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling, according to Capital B News. The ruling could restore about half of the original USDA grants created under former President Joe Biden’s “Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program.” The program awarded $300 million to 50 projects as party of a federal effort to provide opportunities to Black
Dave Price
4 hours ago3 min read
AI for Farmers: Friend or Foe?
The potential benefits keep emerging: autonomous equipment, precision spraying, crop monitoring, and livestock management. Artificial intelligence (AI) helps guide producers in their decision-making as they search for efficiencies in time, cost, and labor demands. AI can utilize data from myriad sources like satellites, drones, field sensors, and weather forecasts. Additional information can help farmers know when crops are stressed, disease begins to form, irrigation needs t
Dave Price
4 hours ago3 min read
Recreational Buyers Keep Missouri Land Market Moving
Image Courtesy: Whitetail Properties Real Estate A nearly $1.5 million recreational property in northeast Missouri sold in just a few weeks this spring, offering another sign that demand for quality hunting and recreational land remains strong across the state. The 122.6-acre property in Pike County, near Bowling Green, checked many of the boxes today's recreational buyers are looking for: excellent hunting ground, tillable acreage, and a trail system that makes it easy to ge
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
4 hours ago3 min read
Ron Dunker: Farmers Need to Make a Plan
Commodity prices, interest rates, weather, tariffs, artificial intelligence, ethanol, or the next “must have” piece of machinery.
Dave Price
5 hours ago4 min read
War Against Iran Fuels Inflation
This week’s renewed military strikes between the United States and Iran further underscore concerns about what a prolonged war will do to agriculture and the overall global economy. The International Monetary Fund lowered one forecast and raised another, providing two new indicators about increased concerns about the war harming economic stability. The IMF reduced its 2026 global growth forecast to 3% on Wednesday, while it increased its inflation projection to 4.7%. The new
Dave Price
Jul 102 min read
Report: U.S. Corn Growers Paying More for Inputs than Brazilian Farmers
The National Corn Growers Association has released a new report saying U.S. farmers are paying significantly more for crop inputs than Brazilian farmers, one of their biggest competitors in the global marketplace. In some cases, the report showed that U.S. farmers are paying nearly twice as much as their Brazilian counterparts. NCGA posted the report and reactions from its leaders on Wednesday. "I think there has long been a belief among U.S. farmers that we pay more for the
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jul 103 min read
USDA Survey Shows Most U.S. Farmland Is Owned by Older, Non-Operating Landlords
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released updated information on farmland ownership in the United States and how much of that land is rented to others. The 2024 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) Survey is part of the Census of Agriculture program and is designed to provide a clearer picture of farmland ownership and management across the country. One of the report's key findings is that farmland ownership remains concentrated among older, no
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jul 102 min read
Dr. Becky Schewe: Research Shows USDA Cuts Limiting Local Staff for Farmers
New analysis from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) raises questions about whether the USDA’s staffing changes will be able to meet the needs of local farmers.
Dave Price
Jul 104 min read
Moroccan Imports Return as Fertilizer Markets Stay Tight
A source of fertilizer may soon return to the American marketplace. As farmers struggle with input prices, they may get access once again to products from Morocco. This week President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending countervailing duties on foreign phosphate producers. “Currently, United States production of phosphate fertilizer is insufficient to support domestic agricultural food production after accounting for exports,” he said in the order. President Tr
David Geiger
Jul 24 min read
A Look at Planted Acres of Key Commodities in the United States
More American farmers may have had shrinking profit margins on their minds as they planted their 2026 crops. Lower crop prices and higher production costs could have come into play as some producers chose to shift acres away from crops like corn and wheat and focus more on commodities that could be more cost-effective in the near-term like soybeans and cotton. According to the new Acreage report from the National Agricultural Statistics Services released on June 30, the pla
Dave Price
Jul 23 min read
Justice Department: Egg Producers Used Market Dominance to Raise Prices
Some of the largest egg producers have agreed to pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits after reaching a tentative settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and 17 states. The settlement could resolve allegations that the companies -- using their massive egg producing capacity – colluded to illegally raise egg prices at a time when the United States dealt with the spread of avian influenza. The three companies, according to the co
Dave Price
Jul 23 min read
Tri-State Farmer Jamie Beyer: Why She Flew to Washington to Defend a Trade Deal
Most farmers don't dream about testifying before Congress. They are usually thinking about weather forecasts, equipment repairs, markets, or whether they will get the crop in before the next rain. But sometimes, representing agriculture means trading muddy boots for a microphone in Washington, D.C.
Dave Price
Jul 24 min read
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Ron Dunker: Farmers Need to Make a Plan
Commodity prices, interest rates, weather, tariffs, artificial intelligence, ethanol, or the next “must have” piece of machinery.
5 hours ago4 min read
Dr. Becky Schewe: Research Shows USDA Cuts Limiting Local Staff for Farmers
New analysis from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) raises questions about whether the USDA’s staffing changes will be able to meet the needs of local farmers.
Jul 104 min read
Tri-State Farmer Jamie Beyer: Why She Flew to Washington to Defend a Trade Deal
Most farmers don't dream about testifying before Congress. They are usually thinking about weather forecasts, equipment repairs, markets, or whether they will get the crop in before the next rain. But sometimes, representing agriculture means trading muddy boots for a microphone in Washington, D.C.
Jul 24 min read
Iowa Senate Leader Mike Klimesh: Hydrogen Could Mean New Income and Landowner Protections
Every now and then, something comes along that sounds like it belongs in a science fiction movie. It goes something like this: Hydrogen is trapped 8,000 feet beneath Iowa farmland. Private developers extract it. Landowners have a new source of income. Their neighbors have new protections. Eventually – maybe, just maybe – residents across the state could see lower income taxes. They might not pay income taxes at all.
Jun 294 min read
Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin: Overcoming the Southern Plains Drought
If you want to make it rain, you should just pull the combine out of the shed. That’s the joke. The absence of rain…until it arrived much too late…has not been funny to farmers in the Southern Plains.
Jun 194 min read
Almond Growers Finally Seeing Some Stability After Years of Tough Decisions
For almond growers, the last several years have been defined by difficult choices, tight margins, and a lot of uncertainty. But according to Carl Evers III, President of AgIS Capital Property Management and Director of Sustainability, the industry may finally be finding some balance.
Jun 123 min read
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