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Image by Nokwan007, Shutterstock Top Third Ag Marketing, a division of StoneX Financial Services Inc., helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops in the top third of prices. Mark Gold and his team provide AGDAILY.com with the latest information and a look ahead in their audio commentary. Listen to Mark Gold’s Weekly Grain Comments here! https://www.agdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Top-Third-agdaily-2025-12-29.mp3
Happy New Year! (Well, almost.) If you need a little kick in the door to make good on a resolution, perhaps the best place to begin might be with just 12 words: “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.” Those aren’t just an FFA motto, they’re a roadmap for how to grow as a leader, a teammate and a person in agriculture. There’s something about a new year that just inspires us to hit reset. We ponder on what we want to change, what we want to be better at, and hope to achieve before…
New research highlights the potential of precision farming around the world, with growth estimated to be $12.8 billion in 2025 to $21.2 billion by the end of 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.6 percent from 2025 through 2030. This report, titled, Global Markets for Precision Farming, presents a detailed analysis of the global market for precision farming, segmenting it by solutions (hardware, software, and services) and applications (crop management, livestock monitoring, and precision irrigation). It explores regional market dynamics across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. The study, conducted by…
Five years ago, American Farmland Trust launched the Brighter Future Fund with a simple goal: get resources directly into the hands of farmers who need them most. What began as an emergency response quickly grew into something larger and longer-lasting. Today, the Brighter Future Fund is a national engine of resilience shaped by thousands of farmers, partners, supporters, and community members alike. Since 2020, the Brighter Future Fund has awarded more than $5 million in grants to over 2,000 producers across all 50 states and U.S. territories. That reach was made possible by early leadership from companies like Tillamook, Applegate,…
With research estimating that American farmers could lose $44 billion this year — due to a complex mix of low crop prices, high equipment and crop input costs, and the ripple of a prolonged trade war — the recent $12 billion “bridge” payment is the only aid producers should expect to receive. Richard Fordyce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for farm production and conservation, recently said that his agency is not considering any further aid, even as the economic conditions that triggered the initial round of payments continue. “At this point, we feel like we’ve kind of done…
Image by Nokwan007, Shutterstock Top Third Ag Marketing, a division of StoneX Financial Services Inc., helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops in the top third of prices. Mark Gold and his team provide AGDAILY.com with the latest information and a look ahead in their audio commentary. Listen to Mark Gold’s Weekly Grain Comments here! https://www.agdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/top-third-agdaily-2025-12-22.mp3
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” At a White House roundtable recent, President Donald Trump, alongside Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and a handful of other leaders in the government, announced a $12 billion farm aid program intended to offset the economic blowback that U.S. farmers have faced this year as a result of the president’s volatile trade policies. But there’s a catch: only major commodity farming operations — such as those that grow corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, wheat, and soybeans — will be eligible for more than 92 percent of the money,…
In a bipartisan vote of 211-204, the U.S. House passed the Pet and Livestock Protection Act (H.R. 845) on Dec. 18, legislation aimed at removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act and restoring management authority to the states. “When federal protections were first established for gray wolves in the Great Lakes region, populations were only in the hundreds,” said Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.). “Today, there are well over 4,000 wolves across Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Despite this recovery, activist judges continue to ignore the science, leaving livestock and pets to be slaughtered and rural communities vulnerable.” Tiffany said…
AGDAILY Reporters · December 19, 2025 The Wisconsin Farmers Union premiered a short documentary, All of America, Am I, during its 95th annual state convention, examining how industrialized markets and corporate consolidation are shaping the day-to-day realities of farmers, rural businesses, and the communities tied to them. The film looks beyond abstract economic trends to show how market concentration affects pricing, access, and long-term viability for family farms across the state. Through interviews and on-the-ground storytelling, the documentary follows four Wisconsin agricultural operations: Driftless Seed Supply, the Breitenmoser dairy farm, Meadowlark Organics, and Driftless Tannery, illustrating how consolidation influences everything…
Residents of the United States and Europe have increasingly eaten more meat since 1960, but the two regions’ meat consumption has diverged over the past 15 years. Since 2010, U.S. meat consumption per capita has risen by 10 percent, while Europe has seen a nearly 19 percent decline, according to data from the United Nations and U.S. Department of Agriculture. This year, the U.S.’s annual per capita consumption of poultry, pork, beef and other red meat products is estimated to reach 227 pounds per person. Europe’s estimated rate is 152 pounds per person. U.S. meat consumption had been dropping at…