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U.S. farm numbers decline for second straight year, USDA says
The number of farms in the United States fell by 15,000 in 2025, continuing a long-term decline in the nation’s agricultural landscape, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported. According to USDA’s annual Land in Farms report, the total number of farms dropped to about 1.865 million last year, down from roughly 1.88 million in 2024. The decline spanned nearly all size and sales categories, with smaller operations — particularly those reporting $1,000 to $9,999 in annual sales — posting the...
Land values rising, especially in Iowa
One of the biggest questions farmers are asking is what their land rent rates will be next year. With higher land values, farmers are expecting rent to be the next big input cost increase in an uncertain time. As farmers are working to lock in other inputs such as...
Landus President & CEO Matt Carstens talks new Innovation Connector
Innovation is incredibly important to agriculture. With an exponentially growing population, farmers have to be able to increase their production efficiency in order to feed the world. However, we know that change can be pretty slow, especially in the ag industry....
Skimping on grain bin safety is the difference between life and death
As we head into the late summer, it is customary for grain bins to be getting cleaned out in preparation for the upcoming harvest. Also, we will be filling those bins back up in a few short weeks. We talk at length about staying safe in the bins and things you need to...
ITC unanimously rejects proposed tariffs on UAN fertilizer
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted to reject anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) from Russia, Trinidad, and Tobago.Senior director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation,...
Ag land market will be active during the fall
Early indications are suggesting that land auction activity will be good both before and after the harvest in 2022. Farmers National Company says land sales typically slow during the spring and early summer. However, the rate of late summer and fall auctions getting...
SCN Coalition partners with Valent for SCN Root Check
We have talked about Soybean Cyst Nematodes at length for many years now, and we are still dealing with a pest that is robbing yields and becoming more tolerant to the weapons we must use to fight them. The SCN Coalition has been working hard to keep producers in the...
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Case IH adding to Early Riser planter lineup
It?s time to get up to speed on the latest Case IH Early Riser planter series. Dave Brennan, planter marketing specialist with Case IH, said they?re ready to offer some new options for farmers.?We're super excited here at Case IH to continue to add to that 2000-series...
NPPC discusses trade and labor issues during D.C. trip
National Pork Producers Council President-Elect Lori Stevermer said they continue to work on labor issues and have been doing so for a long time. Recently, she and other representatives from NPPC traveled to Washington, D.C., to talk with lawmakers about the...
Asia and Africa are the future of trade
The best opportunities for increasing agricultural trade in the years ahead will take place in Southeast Asia and Africa. The Hagstrom Report says Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley made that observation during a recent speech before the...
Poultry & Egg producers can be cautiously optimistic
The last year has been one of strain for poultry and egg producers across the country and in Iowa. The return of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza caused a loss of flocks and concerns that we could see another 2015. We got through the spring with fewer bird losses than...
America loses two million acres of farmland in 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released its annual report on farmland in America, which showed a loss of nearly two million acres of farmland over the last year.Eric Sarff is the President of Murray Wise and Associates, a farmland broker and auction house...
