If you’ve ever thought angel hair pasta was too hefty, University College London researchers have just raised (or lowered?) the bar with spaghetti 200 times thinner than human hair. Measuring a mind-boggling 372 nanometers, this “nanopasta” is officially the skinniest carb in existence. But before you start planning a microscopic…

Scenario [email from L.S.]: I am the farming son. We have a nice farm, and I appreciate my parents, but our farm lacks leadership, especially from my parents. They never have expressed any farming goals for themselves, but they tell me they want to help me keep farming in the…

Anah Higbie of Quenemo, Kansas, is the winner of the 12th annual National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Anthem Contest. Higbie will sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” at CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. “Cattle have been a defining part of who I am from a very early age,” said Higbie. “My…

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…