Problem: My husband recently passed away. Our estate plan is old, but our attorney says it still works. My husband’s half of the land could come to me outright or be disclaimed to a separate trust for my benefit. I’d receive the income for life, and upon my death, the…

By Ryan Hanrahan Bloomberg’s Michael Hirtzer, Erin Ailworth, and Skylar Woodhouse reported Tuesday that “American farmer sentiment jumped to a four-year high, with growers betting on rising crop exports as the Trump administration pushes for more trade deals from Vietnam to Italy.” “U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed an America-first…

Like many vintage tractor collectors, Jerry Luecke started with the type of tractors that he grew up with on the family farm. In his case, it was a dairy farm near Folk, Missouri, and the tractors were Olivers like the models 70, 88, and Super 77. Consequently, the first tractor…

John Deere is launching its new F8 and F9 Series self-propelled forage harvesters, designed to increase fuel efficiency, operator comfort, and productivity.  The new machines have increased horsepower and more automation features over previous models.  “A higher-quality forage output with more power, more precision and more uptime — that’s the…

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research. The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday identified the pathogen as Fusarium…

In recently released budget documents, the Trump administration has proposed a nearly $7 billion reduction in USDA funding for 2026. Almost $1.2 billion would come from the department’s primary farmer-facing agencies. USDA has described its Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area as the “focal point for the nation’s farmers…