A 176-acre century farm located in Waterloo, Illinois, sold at an auction on Oct. 29 for about $3.18 million, averaging $18,075 an acre. Waterloo is in the southwest part of the state and about a 30-minute drive from St. Louis. Brad and Brenda Chandler, the husband-and-wife team from Property Peddler…

Discussion about plans for the “largest deportation effort” in U.S. history had been part of the national landscape for months leading up to the presidential election. While such an endeavor is sure to have a broad impact on several areas of society, it’s not hard to see that agriculture would…

March corn is down 1¼¢ this morning. January soybeans are down 4½¢. March wheat contracts are also lower. CBOT wheat is down 1½¢. KC wheat is down 3¢. Minneapolis wheat is down a penny. This morning, USDA announced new export sales: China is buying 198,000 metric tons of soybeans for…

He comes across like the guy who sold your grandfather a tractor back in ‘73, enjoys the look of a clean lawn, and every morning checks the chicken coop for fresh eggs. And today, he’s John Deere’s Chief Tractor Kid. John Deere is partnering with Jackson Laux, a 9-year-old farmer…

By Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey Corn production in South America’s two major agricultural countries is expected to follow two distinct paths during the 2024/25 crop season. In Brazil, planted acreage is projected to remain steady, but exports are likely to drop significantly due to intensified competition in…

The story of the little-known Avery Company is a near-miss tale of a firm that did everything right but at the wrong time. Avery falls into that category of a very promising endeavor that could have become a major power in farm machinery. Instead, it hit economic roadblocks that, in…