Recent USDA data and analysis from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) show gross farm income, net farm income and net cash income are highest this year in areas with higher-value crops and high concentrations of livestock.

It's not a "comfortable" time in the marketplace for cow/calf producers right now, with many waiting for the right time to market calves.

The signup period opened up earlier this week for the USDA Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2021 crop year.

A largely dry weather pattern is likely to be a main feature of the weather for the High Plains and western Corn Belt heading into winter, and it's likely to persist through early next spring, a National Drought Mitigation Center climatologist said this week.

The Hemp Industries Association has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) over its interim rule on…

When Hurricane Delta made landfall late last week, it brought major rainfall to the Delta region, coming at a bad time for cotton farmers.

Corn harvest is within reach of the midway point and farmers are almost 2/3 of the way finished with soybean harvest, according to Tuesday's holiday-delayed weekly USDA Crop Progress report.

For spring calvers in much of cattle country, October is a key month for calf weaning and cow culling, the latter representing around 20% of total commercial cow/calf gross income.

The world's far from running out of corn, but global supplies have seen a marked decline since reaching their highest levels in the last 20 years in the 2016-2017 marketing year.

As corn farmers race to get the 2020 crop in the bin, those affected by the derecho storm system that moved through the Midwest in early August face a compounding factor in getting the grain dried down and prepared for long-term storage...if it's even available.