A generally above average corn harvest is underway across Monroe County and surrounding areas this fall. (Republic-Times)

Bayer AG unveiled on Wednesday billions in new costs cut to offset falling demand in agricultural products—the market on which it had made a huge bet with its acquisition of … Read More

USDA has released the September hogs and pigs report. It shows a record number of animals on hand in the United States. (KMA)

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) on Thursday announced $5 million will be available for livestock producers and small meat and poultry plants suffering interruptions as a result of the … Read More

An Iowa pig farmer shares how the coronavirus has reshaped the pork market and radically altered his family’s farm. (Wall Street Journal)  

President Donald Trump signed stopgap spending legislation early Thursday to avert a government shutdown weeks before the presidential election, the White House said. (Bloomberg)  

Leaders of the Illinois Pork Producers Association said employees were shocked Monday morning when they came into work and found the organization’s grill missing from the property. (WAND)

Brazil’s biggest lobby group for soy farmers Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein … Read More

Warm, dry weather marked last week for Illinois farmers. (WJBC)

The state of US-China relations was a hot topic during the Ag Outlook Forum presented by the Kansas City Agricultural Business Council and AgriPulse on Sept. 28. (Meat + Poultry)