American soybean farmers are fretting over not only this year’s crop, but the long-term viability of their businesses, built in part on China’s once-insatiable appetite for U.S. beans.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.

Katie Nelsen has been named the new executive director of public policy at Indiana Farm Bureau.

Moore & Warner Farm Real Estate LLC, in partnership with Halderman Real Estate Services, recently closed the sale of 5,618 acres of west-central Illinois farmland for $47,729,392.

Jim Henry warns that farmers across the Midwest face an urgent challenge this harvest season: limited grain storage capacity.

All was running smoothly, until it didn’t, for Ken Ropp while he was harvesting a corn field across from his dairy farm.

Farm income concerns along with state and federal issues continue to be a focus of Illinois Farm Bureau.

Market data for week ending Oct. 17, 2025.

The Ag Economy Barometer rose one point in September, but farmers’ perceptions about current conditions on the farm fell seven points — suggesting concern about record-high corn and soybean yields pressuring crop prices.