U.S. ethanol exports totaled 1.3 billion gallons in 2020, a decline of 9 percent from 2019. The total marked the least volume since 2016, acco…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides annual estimates of manmade greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States by emissions sourc…
Chinese New Year celebrations may be ushering in the Year of the Ox, but here in the U.S. dairy markets the bears are still very much present.…
The farm economy turnaround since August has sent ripples into the farmland market. Recent data from the Kansas City and Chicago Federal Reser…
Not even Punxsutawney Phil’s declaration of an extended winter could freeze the dairy markets this past week. Most commodities kicked off Febr…
This winter marks the third time producers are heading to a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency office to make an Agriculture…
Milk is gushing across the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Milk Production” report released Jan. 25 indicated that milk p…
The Ag Economy Barometer decreased in January to a reading of 167, a decline of 7 points compared to December and equal to the index’s Novembe…
It may have been a short week but that didn’t mean there was a lack of action in the dairy markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture surpris…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service published Jan. 19 the final version of the rule clarifying regulations for…
The recently enacted COVID-19 resource and relief package included a number of agricultural-related provisions, such as a $1.5 billion extensi…
After the enthusiasm ignited by the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement, most commodities struggled to keep the momentum goin…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Jan. 15 that additional assistance will be offered through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Progra…
An increasing-cost environment stemming from increased feed prices will challenge the dairy and animal-protein sector’s ability in 2021 to ret…
The specialty-crops sector will continue to adapt to historic shifts in logistics and supply chains in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic drives co…
Farmer sentiment improved modestly in December as the Ag Economy Barometer increased to a reading of 174, an increase of 7 points from Novembe…
Better commodity prices and reduced interest rates will be an important financial buffer to net farm income in 2021, with the federal governme…
OPINION The near absence of a debate concerning U.S. international-trade policy in the recently concluded presidential election campaign was …
During the past two years soybean exports and domestic crushing have outpaced soybean production in the world’s leading soybean-producing nati…
Against all hope that COVID would fade in 2020, the virus will continue to steer the global economy in 2021. Global economic recovery was vast…
After months of negotiations Congress approved Dec. 28 a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package with much-needed financial relief for agricult…
Expect tight margins for 2021; it’s important to carefully scrutinize input and crop decisions. Producers are encouraged to create crop budget…
Milk abounds. U.S. milk output was more than 18 billion pounds in November, an increase of 3 percent from a year ago. That’s the strongest yea…
With Christmas just a few days away, we break down six Christmas-tree facts. The data come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2019 Cens…
The year is concluding on a much-different but substantially more-profitable note for U.S. grain elevators than we had been expecting as recen…
After losing ground for more than a month, the Class III markets came roaring back this past week. Most contracts gained between 30 cents and …
Editor’s note: President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Tom Vilsack to return to his previous job at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as Agr…