Spring wheat futures remain under heavy pressure, with Minneapolis contracts grinding to fresh lows and flirting with sub-$5.50 levels. On paper, it looks like another year where wheat has no story of ...

Despite generating over $75B annually, specialty crops face rising costs, weak prices and limited safety nets. Case studies ...

The more we pollute our atmosphere, the more heat it traps, and the hotter our planet gets, the more unstable the weather becomes. That doesn't just mean rainy days or hot summers; it's having a ...

Fresh Plaza reported that farmers of stone fruit crops in Zaragoza, Spain, saw significantly reduced crop yields this year due to spring hailstorms. Although farmers covered some crops with hail mesh ...

This week marks the official start of the new crop supply and demand season with the release of the USDA’s outlook this Friday. There will be a lot of talk about the numbers ahead of the report, what ...

A recent USDA statistic making the rounds suggests that only 13% of U.S. farms purchase crop insurance. This figure is being cited by critics of crop insurance, particularly those interested in ...

The weather this week had a fall-like feel to it, which was a big change from last week’s triple digit heat. But even with the break from the heat, the rains have been absent, and the crop production ...

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Planting 2023 is nearing the finish line across Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee. Considering a large portion of the soybean crop saw an early start, one agronomic expert says the stage is set ...