Farmer sentiment hit a post-pandemic high in September, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, which is based on survey responses from 400 U.S. agricultural producers. (Feedstuffs)

The U.K. is reaping its smallest wheat crop in at least three decades, increasing reliance on imports just months before Brexit threatens to raise costs or disrupt flows into the … Read More

While the Black Lives Matter movement has drawn attention to police violence and racism in American cities, racial injustice in the farming sector remains less well-known. (International Business Times)

California lawmakers are looking to protect one of the state’s most valuable workforces with a new COVID-19 relief package. The legislative package is the nation’s first to be centered on … Read More

Dairy farmer milk prices went the wrong direction in September. The Class 3 price for the month officially came in at $16.43-down $3.34 from August and $1.88 below last September’s … Read More

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, consumers learned that the food supply chains are fragile. The pandemic has also ignited an interest in selling directly to … Read More

A food crisis is worsening around the world as the coronavirus pandemic drags on. (Wall Street Journal)

Leveraging federal CARES Act funding, the state of Illinois will offer Business Interruption Grants (BIG) to livestock farms to help offset losses incurred in connection to COVID-19. Applications must be … Read More

Lincoln Land Community College is conducting field research at its Springfield campus to test agricultural hemp production practices — the only college in Illinois doing such research. (Journal Courier

Thanks to a small group of SIU students, numerous buildings and programs were maintained despite the Carbondale campus — like most around the country — being virtually shut down this … Read More