The final four teams in the 2026 Ag Innovation Challenge will go head-to-head in front of a live audience of Farm Bureau members, investors and industry representatives on Jan. 12 at the 2026 American Farm Bureau Convention in Anaheim, California. Now in its 12th year, the Challenge, offered by AFBF…

Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project has reached a major milestone, surpassing $8 million in total donations since the program launched in 2013 — a record that reflects more than a decade of customer-driven support for farmers, agricultural education and rural communities. What began as a simple effort to recognize the…

This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported the first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in Wisconsin.  Detections of avian influenza in dairy cattle have been limited this year, in contrast to 2024, when an outbreak that…

Every year farmers take a risk when they plant crops in the spring. This year brought about a different set of risks with export and tariff uncertainties, but farmers still rolled out some impressive yields in the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest. And it’s hardly a surprise…

Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports — from Santos to Chancay — reshaping grain routes to Asia and squeezing U.S. farmers as tariffs deepen the split with Washington. From the docks of the Port of Santos, a 58-terminal complex covering an area the size of 1,500 American football…

Mexico is already the top agricultural export market for the United States, but a new Terrain report suggests its importance to U.S. grain producers is only growing. According to the analysis, Mexico is positioned to remain a long-term demand driver for U.S. corn, soybeans and feed ingredients as rising meat…