This week, North Dakota’s governor signed HB 1318 — a bill that reaffirms the federal authority in pesticide labeling — into law. The bill passed on Wednesday with overwhelming bipartisan support in both the state and senate. HB 1318 ensures that pesticides approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, when…

What Happened in the Market After posting a new high of $4.79 in February led by demand, traders took profits in March ahead of Trump tariff announcements. December corn bottomed out at $4.36 March 31, traded sideways, then rose to $4.70 on wet spring planting.  November beans hit $10.64 in…

Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair samples are helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed new light on how an expanding and protected gray wolf population is affecting cattle operations, leading to millions of dollars in losses. Long believed extinct in California, a lone…

Illinois farmers are experiencing a mixed start to the 2025 planting season, with corn planting behind historical pace while soybean progress is slightly ahead of schedule, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report released April 21. Corn Acres: Behind the Curve Corn planting in Illinois reached 7%, a 6%…

By Clark Kauffman A Cedar County farmer is suing a manufacturer of wind turbines, alleging three turbine fires scattered debris over hundreds of acres of land, damaging his crops. Alan Weets of Mechanicsville is suing the Chicago-based company Nordex USA, which does business as Acciona Windpower North America and Anchor…

1. Soybean, Corn Futures Higher Overnight Soybeans and corn rose in overnight trading on optimism about de-escalation of the trade war with China, the world’s largest importer of the oilseeds.  President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that the 145% tariff rate the U.S. has imposed on Chinese products will come…