The U.S. agricultural machinery market is staying troubled, as seen from the April 2025 tractors and combine sales, which were released by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Both year-to-date and month-by-month sales reports show precipitous declines in nearly all classes of tractors from April 2024. 2WD Farm Tractors experienced an…

According to USDA’s most recent Crop Progress report, the oat crop across the country’s top oat-growing states was rated 47% good-to-excellent the week ending May 11. A year ago, that percentage was 63%. The nine leading oat-producing states are experiencing varied conditions, with positive ratings in some areas being offset…

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek May 12 (Reuters) – Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff, and lab workers at the animal health arm of the USDA have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks.…

Have you ever reached into the silverware drawer, grabbed a fork instead of a spoon, and tried to eat your soup anyway? I have. You poke around for a bit trying to make it work, but eventually, you give up and go get the right tool. Same thing with a…

By Ryan Hanrahan Agri-Pulse’s Philip Brasher and Rebekah Alvey reported that “House Republicans are proposing to cut $290 billion from nutrition assistance spending over the next 10 years and use some of the savings to increase spending on commodity programs, crop insurance and other farm bill programs.” “The draft text…

The Ohio Valley is expected to see precipitation through the middle of the week, with rains concentrated in Ohio, southern Indiana, and Illinois. Later in the week, a low will move into the Northern Plains, bringing precipitation to the eastern halves of North and South Dakota.  Matt Griffin, director of…