In a “normal” year, tax planning is fairly straightforward. But with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated programs, things look quite…

The system that delivered a blanket of snow to parts of the parched southern Plains also got the attention of grain traders in early-week trading.

Mixed precipitation — including some “thundersleet” — in the Texas Panhandle and around the southern Plains brought much-needed moisture to…

The Florida Citrus Commission voted to up a tax producers pay in an effort to fund an almost $10 million marketing campaign intended to boost orange sales specifically for the juice market.

A group of lawmakers from major oil-producing states sent a letter earlier this week to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

Whether the cause is a generally bountiful crop exceeding local storage capacity, or that storage capacity has been destroyed or damaged by severe weather like the derecho system that moved through the Midwest this summer, grain bagging systems are a hot commodity this fall.

The Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage insurance was designed to help protect a producer’s operation from the risks of forage loss due to the lack of precipitation. The increasingly popular program's signup deadline is November 15, with any premiums minus indemnity payments coming due September 1, 2021. The program offers coverage levels between 70% and 90% and indemnities are based on aggregate conditions in a grid system and is available in a maximum of six two-month periods for the selected acres. See more about the upcoming deadline and learn more about PRF here.

The majority of retailers participating in a recent DTN survey say prices (some already at multi-year lows) as of mid-October continue to trend lower for some key crop fertilizer products.

The southwestern U.S. and wheat-rich southern Plains are facing extreme drought right now, hampering development ahead of the crop heading into dormancy.

Recent announcements by tech giants saying they're upping hardware and service availability that will take much-talked-about 5G coverage to much of the U.S. — including rural areas — has fueled a lot of talk about the prospects of more ubiquitous broadband, an increasingly important component of crop production and management today.