Farmers continue to balance the needs of their operation with tight profit margins and high input costs.
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- Tim Kenyon
In Iowa, Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds opted against running for another term, leaving the field open to new leaders concerned with economics, health, education and property rights.
- Crystal Reed
Illinois residents will go to the polls Nov. 3 to consider two major statewide races for governor and U.S. Senate.
- Benjamin Herrold
This year’s Nov. 3 general election is relatively quiet in Missouri and for agricultural issues in the state.
- Crystal Reed
The issues at play in the Nov. 3 midterm aren’t necessarily ag issues. People are struggling with economic uncertainty throughout the United States, said University of Illinois agriculture policy professor Jonathan Coppess.
- By Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today
THOMPSON, Mo. — After hot, dry weather in August, northeast Missouri farmer Chad Bruns said corn harvest got started in early September and then picked up the pace in mid-September. He said moisture was in the upper teens or low 20s in most cornfields at the time.
Harvest was moving quickly during this year's Missouri Farmer Today Harvest Survey.
- Crystal Reed
Nitrogen application in the fall and winter might need to be delayed this year with the appearance of a Super El Niño.
- Benjamin Herrold
NORBORNE, Mo .— On an early October day, Nathan White was harvesting corn, seeing the variety of this year’s crop.
- ZoeMartin
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Perfect timing. That’s what Ryan Semke credits for record yields from his river bottom corn fields in St. Charles County.
- Benjamin Herrold
ROCK PORT, Mo. — On a late September day, farmers in Atchison County were easing into fields, looking for dry areas and getting some ground harvested between rains.
- Benjamin Herrold
ARMSTRONG, Mo. — As the 2026 harvest rolls on, yield monitors tell the story of the growing season.
- Benjamin Herrold
LEETON, Mo. — In west central Missouri, an eventful weather year led to a varied harvest.
- Benjamin Herrold
Tim Reinbott has worked in several roles for the University of Missouri during his career in ag research and education, including work with MU’s ag college, Extension and serving as superintendent for the Bradford Research Center.
- Kristen Sindelar
As a lifelong cattle producer, Grant Potadle of Herman, Nebraska, has had his hand in just about every aspect of the beef industry. He’s a fourth-generation cow-calf owner, first-generation purebred seedstock producer, direct-to-consumer marketer, international semen supplier and custom graz…
- Benjamin Herrold
For the 5-year reporting period of 2018-2022, Iowa had the second-highest rate of new cancer diagnoses in the United States and was one of only three states with an increasing rate of new cancers.
- Tim Kenyon
Attention is focused on water quality improvements throughout Iowa this election cycle.
- Benjamin Herrold
Rob Brenneman is an Iowa Pork producer who serves as president of the National Pork Producers Council.
- Crystal Reed
The numbers tell the story of one family’s dedication to agriculture.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Farmers in the United Kingdom who are having trouble finding enough seasonal workers as labor on their farms will be able to tap into new technology to assist them in the future. The UK government has launched a £20 million “robot revolution” for the technology advancement – about US$27 million.
- By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Farmers and biofuel producers are celebrating a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to reallocate renewable fuel requirements from which small refineries received an exemption.
- Crystal Reed
Farm transitioning can be a tricky and time-consuming process — especially if not all the children want to continue on the farm.
- Tim Kenyon
A cart needs a horse. A combine needs diesel fuel. A farm’s future needs more than one transition plan.
- Tim Kenyon
Handling grain harvest duties around livestock needs makes for hectic times and busy hands on Midwest farms.
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