The Department of Government Efficiency has removed additional USDA offices from its lease termination list, further trimming the more than 100 ag department offices originally listed on the DOGE Wall of Receipts. In total, 18 more termination listings have been removed since Successful Farming first reported the original list had…

After weeks of discussion and an overnight “vote-a-thon” session rolling from Monday morning into Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill late Tuesday. The bill passed with a 51-50 vote after Vice President JD Vance broke the tie on the floor.  The bill now heads to the House…

Editor’s note: This article was written by my grandfather several years ago before he passed away. I recently found it and made a few modifications to his original manuscript. He left a note on it stating he hoped to have it published. Today’s high horsepower, 4-wheel drive, track units, and…

In its Crop Progress report released Monday, the USDA offered a first look at the progress of soybeans setting pods across the country. Nationwide, progress reached 3% during the week that ended June 29, just ahead of the five-year average of 2%.  Just under half of the 18 top growing…

In 1984, I teamed up with former Successful Farming Editor in Chief Loren Kruse to write the textbook “Charting for Profit,” which had some of the first-ever seasonal price pattern studies. The concept was simple: Look back five or 10 years and study price changes, month by month. This method…

As the Fourth of July nears and the calendar turns to a key section of the growing season, the state of Nebraska is experiencing some relief from a very dry spring that threatened to derail farmers’ plans.  Eric Hunt, extension educator for Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said…