As consumers continue to demand more from the food they purchase, food and ag supply chains are adjusting to meet that new demand, even if it means fundamental paradigm changes to entire sectors of the industry.

There are four dominant climatic cycles in place that foreshadow a quick spring planting season uninterrupted by rainfall in 2021.

It won't be a huge rush to prosperity for many in agriculture in the new year, but variables are lining up to deliver a recovery for the ag sector in 2021, one economist says.

A large portion of the nation’s center is in a winter storm watch or warning Monday morning, with snowfall expected…

Though the USDA hasn't specifically reported a large U.S. grain purchase by China in several weeks, new data show the export pace to that nation surged earlier this fall, and that's buoying soybean prices heading into this week's trade that will be shortened by the New Year's Day holiday Friday.

Overseas demand and adverse crop weather conditions in key growing regions around the world stoked major demand for U.S. corn and soybeans in the last couple of months.

Across the cattle, hog and poultry sectors, producers could see increased feed costs to the tune of 12% in 2021…

In its latest Cattle on Feed report released this week, USDA pegged total domestic feedlot inventory at 12.0 million head as of Dec. 1, just slightly above the same time a year ago.

Around 40% of the nation's wheat crop is experiencing some level of drought conditions, and about the same amount of the Corn Belt is facing similar conditions.

The holiday season can be a time when stress can mount and become dangerous, especially for farmers who are accustomed to "working their way out of" stress, anxiety and depression.