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The incoming leader of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) can spend the next few weeks getting ready to lead an industry...

Global seafood demand is rising. So are tariffs on imports. Karlanea Brown sees opportunity for others to join the business that had never been her life’s plan.

A 110.82-acre farm in northwest Indiana recently sold at auction, and the results surprised even the seasoned realtor handling the sale....

The Trump administration is looking at providing a $10 billion aid package from taxpayers to help farmers who are suffering from low...

America’s farmers find themselves in a similar position in 2025 as they did in 2018: parts of the federal government have temporarily...

As renewable energy looks to strengthen the rural landscape, wind turbines have offered a source of power and income even as changing federal policies and organized local opposition threaten to stymie the speed of that growth.

America’s farmers are exceptional at what they grow and produce. Sometimes, it seems like it is to their detriment as they deal with a...

Farmers must have a succession plan. Farmer Mac, the nickname for the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, that can provide some...

As American soybean producers look toward a record fall harvest and wonder where future buyers will be if China continues to no longer...

Changing consumer tastes, ever-rising labor costs, market oversupply, and elusive profits. Those make for a bushel basket of core problems for apple growers like Kait Thornton or “applegirlkait” as she is known to her 350,000 TikTok followers and 240,000 followers on Instagram.

Farmland values in Iowa decreased slightly over the past six months, according to the latest Land Trends and Values Survey   released by...

In August, CNBC reported that John Deere was at a “crossroads.”  The report said, “the company continues to see weaker demand in the...

Farm incomes have been falling throughout the Minneapolis Fed’s Ninth District; a trend bankers expected over the past year. Comparing...

The potential of Chinese consumers to provide the stable export market for cherry producers in America’s Northwest feels largely out of...

(Alice Hansen Farm in Prole, Iowa. Photo courtesy: Peoples Company.) Just 20 minutes from downtown Des Moines, Iowa, a rare and storied...

Feast or famine has taken the precipitation twist of soaked to parched. Farmers in Missouri started September in search of rain. The U.S....

As wine has replaced football as a main career focus, longtime National Football League quarterback Drew Bledsoe has found a way to...

Adam Chappell heard his father’s warnings when he was growing up.  He should get a college degree and do something else rather than...

Landus—the grain, seed, and agronomy service company based in Des Moines, Iowa—has a new CEO, its third leader in 2025. The company...

One farmland management and brokerage company has rebranded to reflect the name of another. Illinois-based Land Pro LLC announced on...