DAILY Bites Disease pressures rising as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Avian Metapneumovirus strain U.S. turkey flocks, cutting production and complicating recovery Production at historic lows with USDA reporting just 195 million turkeys raised in 2025, the lowest level in 40 years and driving tighter supplies Higher prices for shoppers…

JCB has launched a new series of Fastrac high-speed tractors, available in Q2 of 2026 to North American customers.  “The all-new 6000 Series stays true to JCB’s innovative and groundbreaking concept that defines all Fastracs, resulting in an exceptional combination of productivity, efficiency, versatility, and operator comfort,” JCB Agriculture Managing…

The October USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is due Thursday, Oct. 9. However, if the government shutdown continues through next Wednesday, the report may never be released. This is what happened last time a government shutdown impacted a WASDE report in January 2019.  If the report is…

National 4-H Week, celebrated October 5–11, 2025, will spotlight the impact of America’s largest youth development program, reaching nearly 6 million young people nationwide. This year’s theme, Beyond Ready, highlights how 4-H equips youth with skills, resilience, and leadership for a rapidly changing world. “From fairgrounds to classrooms, community gardens…

Ahead of 9 a.m. CT, December corn was down 2¢ at $4.19¾ per bushel. November soybeans were down less than a penny at $10.23½ per bushel. December CBOT wheat was up less than a penny at $5.15 per bushel. December KC wheat was down a penny at $4.98 per bushel.…

An 85-year-old farmer in Pickerington, Ohio, is mourning the loss of hundreds of his prized pumpkins after thieves struck his fields in late September. According to WHIO-TV, around 300 pumpkins were stolen from Sam’s Pumpkin Patch, owned by longtime farmer Terry Dunlap. The theft represented “a loss of more than…