Farming is more than a livelihood. It’s a way of life, and sometimes, it’s a heavy load to carry.

Pesticides are an important tool for farmers, protecting billions of dollars in damages each year from weeds, insects and other pests.

For my entire adult life, I’ve heard people talk about what’s closing, what’s changing and what’s next in their rural hometowns. Maybe those small towns aren’t dying, but instead adapting.

It was recently revealed that the White House reached way down into the routine, mundane approval process of five nominees to the soybean checkoff’s operating body to deny all five their well-earned seats.

After years of economic pressure, farm families need the stability and certainty that comes with a new, modernized farm bill.

You’d think that the three extra years Congress has taken to update the 2018 farm bill might mean it stumbled upon solutions to today’s falling farm income, sagging ag exports, the need for more federal bailouts and the White House’s bubble-gum-and-baling-wire trade policy.

The younger professionals entering ag marketing today bring a different kind of energy.

Now in its 13th year, the Ag Innovation Challenge gives entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their innovative businesses that address challenges facing America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities.

Farmers are entering the critical spring planting season under a cloud of uncertainty as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupts global trade, causing fertilizer and diesel costs to spike.