LINCOLN — Nebraska state agencies are partnering with Lexington nonprofits and other groups to help connect Tyson Foods workers and their families with support as 3,200 people lose their jobs with the closure of the town’s longtime beef plant. On Wednesday and Thursday, a state and local “rapid response layoff services”…

If you’d ask any farmer to name their largest asset, most likely they would say their land. Land is the underlying asset that allows you to generate an income. It’s critical to your family’s wealth and legacy, and must be protected. One strategy some may use to protect land is…

At the market close, March corn was up 1¾¢ at $4.47 per bushel. January soybeans were up 2¢ at $11.33½ per bushel. “From our perspective, grains have a little momentum here,” said Reese Drenth, ag solutions specialist with Michlig Ag Solutions. “Trump and Xi are talking, we’re selling some beans,…

Program enrollment decisions for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs were made in March of 2025. However, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was not passed and signed into law until July, resulted in farmers receiving the higher of the PLC or ARC payments…

National Turkey Federation Chairman Jay Jandrain, president and CEO of Butterball, LLC, presented the National Thanksgiving Turkeys named Gobble and Waddle to President Donald Trump today during the 78th National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. After receiving their formal pardons from the president in the White House’s Rose Garden Club, Gobble and…

Two cargo vessels were headed toward grain port terminals earlier this week near New Orleans to load with what will be the first U.S. soybean shipments to China since May. A third vessel is moved toward a Texas Gulf Coast terminal to be loaded with U.S. sorghum bound for China,…