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Take look at these seven farmland transactions that transpired in fall 2024. 77.5 acres in Washington County, Iowa Date: Sept.27, 2024 Price: $19,200 CSR2: 83.2 Four miles northeast of Keota, Iowa, 77.5 acres sold via public auction. This highly productive southeast Iowa farm was nearly 100% tillable. The primary soil…

By P.J. Huffstutter and Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Iowa farmer Caleb Hamer grabbed his phone and dialed a local corn buyer this week, eager to sell his grain as prices climbed to their highest level in more than a year. Farmers across the Midwest have boosted crop…

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Argentina’s Rosario grains exchange trimmed its 2024/25 corn harvest forecast on Wednesday due to a drought gripping the country. The exchange cut its corn estimate to 48 million metric tons from a prior forecast of between 50 million and 51 million…

Image by Andrea Izzotti, Shutterstock The National Association of Wheat Growers awarded House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) with its 2024 Wheat Leader of the Year Award for getting a long-term bipartisan farm bill passed out of the committee, which, if enacted, would have made significant improvements…

By Cami Koons The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, announced Wednesday a notice of proposed rule making to strengthen guidelines for carbon dioxide pipelines.  The proposed rule would apply to carbon dioxide transported in a supercritical liquid state through pipelines and establishes, for the first time, guidelines…

DAILY Bites AgAmerica’s 2025 report highlights agriculture’s resilience and future challenges. Key issues: declining income, rising debt, and policy uncertainty. Farmers are advised to cut costs, manage debt, and diversify income. DAILY Discussion AgAmerica’s annual agricultural economic report, established in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, has become a resource for…