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Five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan has announced the full line-up for his Farm Tour 2025 taking place for the first-time ever in California May 15-17. Tyler Hubbard, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and DJ Rock will appear on all shows. Chayce Beckham will add to the lineup on May 15 & 16. Tickets for these dates are on sale at LukeBryan.com. May 15 Atwater, California (Merced County) The Castle Airport May 16 Clovis, California (Fresno County) The Ponds at Harlan Ranch May 17 Shafter, California (Kern County) Sillect Farms Bryan is well known for his philanthropic work, with dozens…

What Happened Since finding a price bottom in August at $4.14¼, the May corn futures price steadily rallied into mid-February, peaking at $5.18¾, an increase of nearly 20%. Managed money (large speculators), as reported in the weekly Commitment of Traders reports, went from near 250,000 contracts net short to over 360,000 contracts net long in corn. Was there a reason managed money bought when a record yield was forecast in October? Maybe. Perhaps the idea that yield was too high at a forecast record 184 bushels per acre, coupled with little to no incentive for farmers to sell crops at…

The Indiana Family of Farmers took a big step in advocacy this week, hosting its first-ever Farm to Capital event on National Ag Day. Designed to connect state legislators with organizations representing Indiana’s agricultural community, the event fostered discussions that bridged the gap between farming and government. Held at the Indiana Statehouse, the event was spearheaded by Indiana Family of Farmers, a coalition including Indiana Farm Bureau, the Indiana Department of Agriculture, Purdue University, the Indiana Board of Animal Health, the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, the American Dairy Association of Indiana, Indiana Pork Producers, and the Indiana Soybean Alliance. Each…

Reinke Manufacturing has launched its latest irrigation data platform, ReinCloud 3. The upgraded version is designed to centralize farm data insights and provide advanced irrigation management solutions for growers to help overcome evolving water management challenges. Since its launch in 2016, ReinCloud has allowed farmers to manage irrigation systems remotely. With the release of ReinCloud 3, Reinke has enhanced the platform to address the evolving challenges growers face in optimizing water use and improving crop yields. “It’s a completely redesigned webpage, which allows growers to customize the dashboard so they are monitoring what’s important to them,” said Chris Roth, president…

A 17-year-old, Alonso Apodaca, was arrested and charged with deadly conduct after untying multiple show steers at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Apodaca claimed he was concerned the animals were tied too tightly and decided to loosen their ropes. He successfully untied two steers before attempting a third, at which point he was asked to stop. As he left the scene, law enforcement intervened, tackling him to the ground, and handcuffing him. While none of the steers escaped or caused injuries, officials stressed the potential dangers of his actions. Livestock can be unpredictable, and strict rules are in place…

Just past 9 a.m. CT, May corn was down 6½¢ at $4.58 per bushel. May soybeans were down 4½¢ at $10.02¾ per bushel. May wheat contracts were also lower. CBOT wheat was down 3½¢ at $5.44¾ per bushel. KC wheat was down 6¢ at $5.72. Minneapolis wheat was down 4¼¢ at $5.88. Naomi Blohm, senior market advisor at Total Farm Marketing, said corn and soybeans have been rangebound for three weeks. “Remember, the longer a market trades sideways the bigger the price breakout down the road —higher or lower depends on actual market fundamentals; cue next week’s USDA report,” she…

Agriculture is advancing at an incredibly fast pace, with cutting-edge innovations in precision farming, biotechnology, robotics, and sustainability reshaping the industry. Yet one major challenge remains: Ensuring these advancements reach the farmers who need them most — many of whom belong to an aging population. The average American farmer is now nearly 60 years old, and while younger generations are stepping into the industry, a significant portion of food production still relies on older farmers who have deep institutional knowledge but may be less familiar with emerging technologies. So how do we effectively shift modern information and new farming practices…

By Joe Janzen The most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released on March 11, 2025, offered little in the way of news on grain market supply and demand conditions. Both the U.S. corn and soybean balance sheets for the current 2024/25 marketing year were left unchanged. Only minor revisions were made to the U.S. wheat balance sheet. A ‘no change’ USDA announcement like March 2025 may spark questions about why market watchers pay attention to USDA reports at all. Typically, when USDA releases ‘quiet’ reports the farm media release a set of perfunctory articles noting the occasion. Market analysts,…

By Nigel Hunt LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) – Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain’s government said, adding to the growing list of mammals infected by the disease and fueling fears of a pandemic. Many different mammals have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus across the globe including bears, cats, dairy cows, dogs, dolphins, seals and tigers. “The case was identified following routine surveillance of farmed livestock on a premises in Yorkshire where highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) had been confirmed in other captive birds,” Britain’s government said in a statement. There…

According to data compiled by the Successful Farming team, more than 1,300 acres of Minnesota farmland are set to be auctioned in April 2025. Listings range from single tracts of 30 acres to a two-parcel auction of over 650 acres. Here’s a closer look at the farmland expected to change hands across five Minnesota counties. Minnesota’s Largest April Farmland Auction Next month’s largest Minnesota farmland auction is set to take place in Norman County where two tracts of land totaling 653.92 acres will be available for sale in-person or online on April 1, 2025. Kevin Pifer, president and CEO of…