11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (634+ words) With the current Farm Bill set to expire Sept. 30, corn growers are heading back to Capitol Hill with a blunt message for lawmakers: another year of delay is becoming a financial burden farmers simply cannot afford. Matt Frostic, a Michigan…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (760+ words) For farmers already battling rising input costs, weaker commodity prices and narrowing margins, the surge in fuel prices is creating another financial threat that can be easy to overlook: transportation fuel surcharges are increasingly coming out of the farmer’s pocket....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (204+ words) The USDA’s latest farm income forecast shows farmers and ranchers are projected to spend more on interest payments this year, even after adjusting for inflation, than at any other time on record. That forecast comes as farm-sector debt is expected…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1057+ words) Indiana farmers and ag businesses are facing a property tax shock after assessments on some farm buildings doubled, tripled and, in some cases, increased by as much as 500%—raising concerns about the cost of doing business and the future of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (153+ words) An escalating trade dispute between the United States and Canada is creating new concerns for American farmers as retaliatory tariffs and import restrictions take effect. Canada imposed tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% Tuesday on $27.6 billion worth of U.S. imports, according to Canada’s…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (514+ words) Chinese soybean crushers are heading into the final months of the year under growing pressure—and that could put American soybeans back in the conversation just as President Xi Jinping prepares for an expected visit to the United States. China’s…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (304+ words) Indiana farmland values are holding steady this year, but what does the long-term outlook look like? “We think of land as the residual claimant to whatever happens in the ag sector. So, when things are going really well, land really…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (753+ words) The U.S.-Canada trade war took a sharp new turn Tuesday as President Donald Trump moved to ban Canadian dairy products and most alcoholic beverages from entering the United States, while Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of American goods—including…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (138+ words) Hoosier Ag Today Corn Export Sales Surge as Mexico and Japan Step Up Purchases New-crop U.S. corn export sales jumped to 1.99 million metric tons during the week ended Aug. 27, nearly doubling the previous week’s 1.07 million tons, according to USDA data released…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (194+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency released its latest decisions on small refinery exemptions last week, determining which facilities will be excused from federal renewable fuel blending requirements. “Twenty-nine small refineries will not be required to blend renewable fuels under the EPA’s…...