With hay as my primary crop, I am not in line to benefit from the $12 billion farmer bailout that’s been making the rounds in the media. Hay producers simply aren’t on the list. There’s no check coming to me, and I don’t expect one. But I do buy groceries…

Ahead of 9:15 a.m. CT, March corn was up 1¼¢ at $4.45½ per bushel. January soybeans were down 4½¢ at $10.86¾ per bushel. March CBOT wheat was unchanged at $5.29½ per bushel. March Kansas City wheat was down 2¢ at $5.21¼ per bushel. March Minneapolis wheat was up 1¾¢ at…

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act yesterday. Todd Wilkinson, South Dakota cattle producer and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association past president, testified on the rampant EAJA abuse by environmental groups that have become repeat litigants…

FULTON COUNTY, Ohio — Varroa mite wiped out almost 60 percent of the commercial beekeeping force in America during the 2024-25 winter, according to recent data from U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. And as solutions are being accelerated to protect the pollination services that feed the American food system, the…

The Trump administration has announced $12 billion in relief for farmers but that won’t cover all their losses. RYDER, N.D. — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who’s worked his family’s land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are typically dedicated to…

1. Wheat, Corn Futures Rise on Black Sea Tensions Wheat and corn futures were higher in overnight trading on rising tensions in the Black Sea.  Ukraine said it disabled a Russian tanker using drones, its third drone strike in the past two weeks. The attack was on the so-called shadow…