The director of the International Food Policy Research Institute says a new artificial intelligence platform is helping track global food insecurity. Johan Swinnen says the HungerMapLIVE signals the ...

A central Iowa farmer says wet conditions have kept him out of the field since late March. Corey Hillebo grows corn and soybeans near Polk City. “We had a little window to put spring anhydrous and ...

A graduate research assistant at Purdue University says strong demand is creating more basis opportunities for some corn and soybean farmers. Josh Strine says regional variations are driving local ...

The 2026-27 Missouri State FFA Secretary says she’s looking forward to the year ahead. Madeline O’Brien from the Troy FFA tells Brownfield “Coming from the northeast district, I know a lot of those ...

USDA’s Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs says new trade strategies are helping expand market access for America’s farmers and ranchers. Luke Lindbergsays increasing ag exports ...

A central Kansas farmer says there is extreme variability for the winter wheat crop. Paul Penner says an earlier planted crop is looking good, but, “We are very dry right now. That maybe problematic ...

The chairman of Missouri’s Senate Ag Committee says Governor Kehoe’s plan to eliminate the state’s individual income tax is getting a lot of questions in the ag sector. Jason Bean tells Brownfield ...

Landscape with wheel tracks on a muddy field in autumn in cloudy weather in off-road terrain A west central Ohio farmer says recent wet weather has delayed the start of spring fieldwork. Patty Mann ...

Cash dairy prices were all higher Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.7050. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0250 at $1.5875. Three ...

Direct cash cattle trade activity is off to another pretty quiet start. Bids have surfaced in Kansas at $248 live, but the rest of cattle country has been quiet. Asking prices have been floated in ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says livestock producers need to be on high alert following the detection of New World screwworm just 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Dudley Hoskins, ...

Small grain planting is off to a fast start in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says 11 percent of oats are planted, compared to nine percent normally. Minnesota Ag Commissioner Thom ...