A Minnesota farmer is sounding the alarm on escalating farm stress. Bob Worth of Lake Benton suggests a mental health crisis is occurring in agriculture. “It is extremely serious.” He tells Brownfield financial pressures, policy uncertainty, and unpredictable weather can all be factors. “We haven’t had a suicide for awhile, it’s probably a couple three […]
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A new partnership in the Saginaw Bay Watershed is helping sugarbeet growers reduce erosion while testing strip-till practices. Conservation advisor Simon
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on technical buying and solid beef demand. June live
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling, along with the drop in crude oil. Contracts are overbought and U.S.
Conservation research at Michigan State University is helping to understand what management practices are needed to handle wetter springs. Director of
All eyes shifted to the U.S. Senate after the House passed its farm bill last week. Senate Ag Committee Chairman John
Jamie Courter, the state beef genetics specialist with University of Missouri Extension, says rebuilding the cattle herd starts with a genetic
Jul. corn $4.80, down 5 and 3/4 centsJul. soybeans $12.11 and 1/2, down 11 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal $320.40, down
Global demand for U.S. ethanol was strong during the first quarter of 2026. The Renewable Fuels Association says that during the
An ag economist says rising input costs and concerns about product availability due to the ongoing conflict in Iran led to
