From a possible trade war to brewing discontent within the country, there are five significant trends poised to shape China ...

Cattle futures finished the year with a strong close while lean hogs saw continued long liquidation. Here’s what’s on our ...

The first fully robotic milking systems were introduced in Europe in the early 1990’s, and made their first appearance in a U.S. dairy operation in 2000 in Wisconsin. The current systems allow dairy ...

USDA’s Annual Ag Outlook Forum delivered the first unofficial look at the 2024/25 marketing year for grains and oilseeds. The next update will come in the May World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates.

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Portions of the Midwest could see the most challenging weather yet this year, and according to leading ag meteorologists, it’s creating more concerns for crop conditions. With heat forecast to ...

Here's a snapshot of distribution by state and crop as well as per-acre payment rates by crop for the $9.8 billion in market ...

Brazil’s central bank made another intervention on the final trading day of the year to stabilize the real, which has plunged ...

Controversy continues to grow across the U.S., and China is the primary target of the new rules. However, China doesn’t own the most farmland in the U.S., according to a new USDA report.

Talk to any farmer who used to raise pigs, and they’ll more than likely tell you it all changed in 1998. That’s the year that draws memories of agony and financial pain for many. Hog margins ...

Several reduced tillage practices include vertical-till, strip-till, zone-till, and no-till. Reducing tillage means exactly what you think — making fewer passes through the field and/or ...

October Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor showed slightly more optimism. In September, 75 percent of ag economists warned of an impending agricultural recession. October brought slight optimism to ...