Overall, it was a quiet and mixed trading day on Friday. The VIX, which is Wall Street’s fear index, traded up near 30 today amid inflation concerns and rising tensions between Russian and Ukrai...

The Latest Rural Mainstreet Index shows rising input prices as the top threat in 2022 for farmers. Released Thursday, the index declined in January, though it remained above growth neutral for the 14t...

It’s typically difficult to predict what the future may hold for American agriculture, and 2022 is no different. Ben Brown is a senior research associate in agricultural and applied economics wi...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack strongly defended administration farm policies in testimony before the House Agriculture Committee. From biofuels and broadband to trade and input costs, Vilsack pushed back...

Midwest lawmakers urge the federal government to prioritize funding for flood mitigation and prevention projects along the lower Missouri River. Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Missouri Rep...

The Department of Agriculture this week published the 2020 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary. The summary shows that more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchma...

Information updated this week from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows per-acre water usage is declining on irrigated farmland. Since 1969, the amount of water used per acre irrigated has dec...

Operation Lifesaver, Inc., the national non-profit rail safety education organization celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2022, is releasing new rail safety resources to help farmers and farm machine ...

Cover crops aren’t just for your fields anymore, they are beneficial to your garden, too. The University of Illinois Extension says using cover crops in the home garden has many benefits, includ...

Maybe more so than in years past, agriculture will be paying close attention to the goings on in Congress as farm labor reform will be on the list of legislative priorities. Last year, Washington Stat...