Friday, September 25, 2026 1:09PM CDT
Immigration and Customs Enforcement held an enforcement push this week in southwest Kansas, hitting three communities with major beef-processing facilities. The ICE enforcement action coincided with a nearly 16% drop in fed-cattle slaughter on Thursday, and a 9% decline on Wednesday, according to USDA's daily slaughter reports this week.
Friday, September 25, 2026 12:58PM CDT
As farmers face soaring diesel costs heading into harvest, Nebraska, Alabama and Louisiana have moved to provide relief by temporarily allowing dyed farm diesel to be used in highway-registered vehicles without state penalties.
Friday, September 25, 2026 8:39AM CDT
After decades of mergers and the promise of creating one-stop shops for seed and crop-protection products, companies are reversing course. Here's a look at the changing landscape for farmers.
Along these lines, this chart shows the 2026, 2025 and 25-year average for the week 38 soybean condition report for the top soybean states and the U.S. vs. the percent that this ye...
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Rep. Shontel Brown , D-Ohio, is seeking support to become the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, emphasizing bipartisan farm bill cooperation, food-farm coalition pri...
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The ruling in the U.S. District Court of Eastern California could force the Labor Department to recalibrate wages for farm workers. The department changed the Adverse Effect Wage R...
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An incredibly strong hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Polo, will move across northern Mexico and into the South-Central U.S. next week. By bringing in lots of tropical moist...
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Between seeing a record-low number of August placements in Friday's Cattle on Feed report and seeing the fed cash cattle market be able to hold steady, traders wildly pushed the li...
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In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Roboti...
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The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.
December corn is down 9 3/4 cents per bushel, November soybeans are down 13 1/4 cents, December KC wheat is down 16 1/2 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 15 1/2 cents, and MIAX December Minneapolis wheat is down 0.0825 cents.
Cattle futures were under pressure for no specific reason other than the recent weakness of boxed beef prices and reduced export sales. Hog futures declined ahead of the Quarterly Hogs & Pigs report as there was concern it could be a negative report.