Surging input costs and questions about fertilizer prices and availability have some farmers reconsidering their planting intentions. A private survey conducted by grain merchandiser Farmer’s Keeper ...

USDA’s June Acreage report tends to be a major market mover. Ahead of the June 28 report, we asked ag economists to weigh in on where they think the acreage numbers could land. The majority of ...

With fuel and fertilizer up, a 4,000-grower survey shows more beans on marginal ground while most farms keep rotations to ...

Farmers in the northern Plains are leaning in on crops that look to offer the best chance at profitability in 2025. Among those crops that look to gain the most acres are corn, sugarbeets and ...

Net farm income is forecast to turn lower this year despite near-record government aid payments, marking the fourth straight ...

North Dakota and Minnesota farmers planted record amounts of corn this spring, reflecting growing demand for ethanol, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. North Dakota corn acres shot to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s June 30 crop acreage report contained few surprises. Corn planted acreage was increased by 5% from 2024, while soybean acres were down by 4%, all wheat acreage was ...

WASHINGTON — In its annual Prospective Plantings report March 28, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture said farmers intend to increase plantings of soybeans ...

Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the ...

As an update to its March Prospective Plantings report, USDA released its June 30 Acreage report with revised acreage expectations for the upcoming crop year. For the 2021/22 crop year, USDA is ...

Farmers in the northern Plains will plant more acres of corn and soybeans and fewer acres of spring wheat in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its March 31 Prospective Plantings. The ...