If you think it’s too early to talk about possibilities surrounding the national yield this year, you aren’t alone. The yield debate is already firing up on social media, stoking anger and an intense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in an oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minn.

Farmers and landowners in the Plains states and upper Midwest stand to benefit the most from one of the biggest expansions of commodity program support in decades, according to economists who have ...

In the past 18 months, there have been very few good opportunities for farmers to market corn and soybeans at favorable levels. This has resulted in a large amount of grain being sold below break-even ...

CHICAGO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers, though punished by slumping prices after last year's monster corn harvest, are expected to cut back only slightly on their plantings of the grain in 2026 as ...

Despite the immense uncertainty in agriculture due to the escalating trade war, farmers do not have the luxury of delaying planting decisions – or planting itself. Now that spring has arrived, they ...

Fields of corn and soybeans grow next to a county road in central Iowa. Aerial support provided by LightHawk. The massive legislation extends tax cuts and increases safety nets for farmers who grow ...

If you want a quick update on how Midwest corn and soybeans are faring this season, check out the farmdoc 1-minute weekly report, which highlights USDA-NASS data. For the week ending June 22, the ...

The classic Corn Belt used to be easy to picture: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of Ohio, Nebraska, and Minnesota, stretching like a golden blanket across the Midwest. Now that blanket is fraying ...

It’s a big question facing farmers, Garen Paulson said — does farming more acres mean better profits? Based on financial data ...