An economist says milk production is going up, but the replacement herd is shrinking. Danny Munch with the American Farm Bureau Federation has been tracking the number of milk cows,

A National Corn Growers Association board member says ethanol supporters can’t ease up on the push for permanent, year-round E15 sales. “I’ve been working on it close to 14 years,”

The director of retail credit underwriting at Farm Credit Mid-America says producers have an opportunity to strengthen their financial position in 2026. Gary Book says regularly reviewing balance sheets can help

An agricultural engineering professor at Ohio State University says a new research program is showing the critical role farmers play in reducing nutrient runoff into Lake Erie. Jay Martin says

An organic grain farmer says the sector is also being strained by the challenging ag economy.  Fourth-generation farmer Mark Vollmar tells Brownfield he was one of the first growers to

U.S. ethanol production shot higher last week as winter weather eased, allowing full schedules to resume. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.11 million barrels per day, up

A graduate student at the University of Illinois says ongoing research shows utilizing a cereal rye cover crop to supplement cattle feeding is paying off. Grady Gullickson says grazing appears

Cash dairy prices were steady-to-lower except for butter on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was unchanged at $0.72.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.05 at $1.3925.  Six sales were recorded, ranging from $1.3925 to $1.4025.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.44.  No sales were recorded.