After a year of record planting delays due to heavy rain and flooding, Midwestern farmers have been dealing with additional weather challenges during the harvest season. USDA on Friday lowered … Read More

Harvest delays and a warm start to October didn’t give farmers many opportunities to apply fall fertilizer. But it appears applicators still have time to catch up this month, weather … Read More

Women serve as active advocates for agriculture and successful business owners interested in filling leadership roles, according to a new American Farm Bureau Federation survey. A majority of those surveyed, … Read More

With solar and wind power systems getting cheaper and coal prices steadily rising, America’s rural areas are, often with the help of grants, loans, and tax breaks, getting in step … Read More

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” It has been 63 years since President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered … Read More

Ethanol producers burned by President Donald Trump’s biofuel policies might have found a fix for their demand problems: Ramping up sales to Mexico. (Politico)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday cited “positive momentum” in the U.S. process to ratify a new continental trade deal, which has been in limbo for months amid concerns … Read More

“We’re looking at a real chilly pattern that’s going to be with us for a while.” Those words from DTN Chief Agriculture Meteorologist Bryce Anderson sum up the 10-day weather … Read More

About $500,000 of road improvements is wrapping up on the Illinois State Fairgrounds, the first phase of millions of dollars of improvements that will be undertaken on the fairgrounds in … Read More

October temperatures soared from record-breaking heat during the first week and fell to record-breaking cold at the month’s end in Illinois, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the … Read More