The 2025 Feeding the Economy Report says over 47 million people in the U.S. work in the agricultural and food industries. That is 29 percent of the U.S. population, and that number may be surprising to people, depending on where they live. One interesting thing about...
Eion, a GROWMARK partner, is a company turning the proven science of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) into a scalable climate solution. Eion has announced a $33 million carbon removal purchase by Frontier buyers. Through this offtake deal, its largest to date, Eion will...
Despite the intense volatility and uncertainty in the global market, this week’s export sales were excellent for corn and soybeans. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said the corn sales were significantly higher than average. Soybean sales were also great this...
Cybercrime might seem like something straight out of a futuristic spy novel, but it’s absolutely real, and it even happens in rural America. The Federal Trade Commission recently reported another record year of fraud losses totaling $12.5 billion by American...
As China and the United States engage in a tariff tug of war, China is placing levies on U.S. farm goods and making purchases from America’s competitors. However, U.S. senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says some of those losses can be offset. Grassley confirms that China...
Bayer says it may stop producing glyphosate, the world’s most popular weedkiller unless it can get court protection against lawsuits blaming the herbicide for causing cancer. The Wall Street Journal says Bayer currently produces about 40 percent of the world’s...
Agricultural technology has advanced at an astonishing pace, transforming how we work the land in ways my grandfather could never have imagined. He was the last in our family to plow fields with horses, eventually trading reins for the steering wheel of a tractor, a...
At last year’s Commodity Classic in Houston, Pioneer announced the full launch of the Z-Series line of soybeans. One year later, they are now reflecting on the successes of the Z-Series genetics and traits. Shelby Schaa, marketing effectiveness manager with Corteva,...
The cattle inventory in the United States remains low with producers still asking the question, when will it be time to rebuild the herd? Mark Johnson, the extension beef cattle breeding specialist for Oklahoma State University, says there are signs the industry needs...
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a member of the Senate Ag Committee, joined Mike Rounds (R-SD) in reintroducing the “New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act.” The bipartisan legislation would allow meat and poultry products inspected by state Meat and...
