By Joshua Haiar South Dakota is at the epicenter of this fall’s bird flu season with a total of 134,900 turkeys at three facilities already killed to contain the spread, and reports coming in about thousands more.  The only other state reporting confirmed infections in commercial flocks during the last…

1. Corn, Soybeans Lower in Overnight Trading Corn and soybean futures were lower overnight amid lofty production expectations and favorable weather conditions in the U.S.  The Department of Agriculture last month forecast domestic corn production in the 2025/2026 marketing year that started on Sept. 1 at 16.742 billion bushels on…

By Joe Janzen, Scott Irwin, and Yu-Chi Wang In the past five years, the renewable diesel boom has spurred new demand for soybean oil as a feedstock in production of biofuels. Soybean processors can respond to higher demand like this in multiple ways. Most obviously, they can crush more soybeans…

The Farmers’ Almanac — not to be confused with the similarly titled Old Farmer’s Almanac — has released its long-range forecast for the winter of 2025-26. According to the folks there, the theme for the season is clear: “Chill, Snow, Repeat.” For farmers, ranchers, and rural communities across the country,…

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled her policy aimed at addressing rural veterinarian shortages this week. “In many rural areas, there simply aren’t enough food animal veterinarians, leaving livestock without timely access to preventive care and vulnerable to dangerous diseases that can wipe out herds and flocks,” wrote David Schmitt, former…

The MAHA Commission has publicly released its long-awaited Strategy Report, aimed at tackling the “crisis” of chronic illnesses facing our children. It compliments the MAHA Assessment published in May 2025, which identified four major causes of the crisis: poor diet, chemical exposures, lack of physical activity and stress, and overmedicalization.…