The recent announcement of forthcoming widespread availability of 5G connectivity around the nation spawned excitement among consumers but a lot of angst in rural America, where broadband infrastructure is woefully lacking in many areas.

Hurricanes making landfall only an hour after forming, Saharan dust in Nebraska and a mostly storm-free Florida are just a few of the anomalies in what's been the "strangest" hurricane season in years, weather-watchers say.

With news that export demand is rising and a brisk pace of U.S. corn and soybean harvest this fall, the rail system responsible for getting that grain from the field to the port is being tested.

The grain export market is a major driver for domestic corn, soybean and wheat prices, and the best indication of the health of the export sector is actual shipments, offtakes and loadings at U.S. terminals and at ports in major global trading partners.

EPA Greenlights Dicamba…With ‘New Restrictions’

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the U.S. meat industry, disrupting processing capacity and causing rippling market effects from which it's still slowly responding.

It's planting time for cool-season crops in the southern U.S., namely in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

While new genetic technology and other innovations have helped corn yield potential to continue to generally march toward the 300-bushel/acre threshold and beyond, new research confirms an issue that has yet to be adequately addressed by the industry.

Though the moisture was welcomed in much of the parched region, cattle feeders in the southern Plains now face some operational hurdles in the mess a major moisture-bearing system left behind Sunday and Monday.

The USDA Farm Service Agency has $7 billion set aside for payments to producers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and they can apply for their share of those funds distributed via a second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program through mid-December.