This month, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meatpacking companies for potential collusion and price fixing.  “Action must be taken immediately to protect consumers, combat illegal monopolies and ensure these corporations are not criminally profiting at the expense of the American people,”…

SKANEATELES, New York — Mark Tucker farms eight minutes from the town of Skaneateles. His operation has shifted through crops, silage for dairy, a five-year orchard experiment, and now a herd of Hereford cattle. Tucker has also farmed energy. For years, a 133-foot wind turbine generated 85 kilowatts annually, a…

An aggressive outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), including neurological cases classified as equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM), has triggered urgent warnings from equine veterinarians across Texas and surrounding regions. Clinics report that several horses returning from early-November events — including the WPRA Finals in Waco and competitions at the 377 Arena…

As of 9:35 a.m. CT, March corn was down 5¢ at $4.44½ per bushel. January soybeans were down 9¼¢ at $11.44¼ per bushel. March CBOT wheat was down 4¾¢ at $5.54¼ per bushel. March KC wheat was down 5½¢ at $5.37½ per bushel. March Minneapolis wheat was down 2½¢ at…

Genius is a word used often with Edward A. Johnston. How else could you describe a person who, during his 40-year career with International Harvester, either created or oversaw the design of every major advance that company introduced to agriculture and transportation from 1900 to the late 1930s? Creator of…

Weather drives every decision in agriculture, from what to plant and when, to how supply chains function. At the Women in Agribusiness Summit earlier this fall, I moderated a panel on weather trends featuring these panelists: Bill Kirk is founder and CEO of Weather Trends International, operating as WeatherTrends360, which…