December 2025

Money planning (Photo: iStock - Thapana Onphalai)
Central Region, Crime, economy, Kansas, Regional Roundup

Colby woman accused of forging coworkers’ signatures to steal from employer

Kansas woman faces federal charges after allegedly forging coworkers' signatures and embezzling more than $750,000 from ag cooperative. Read More

Producers can reduce hay loss with proper storage, says University of Missouri Extension specialist Charles Ellis. (Photo courtesy of Kyle Spradley, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)
Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets, State-by-State Hay Market

State-By-State Hay Markets

Hay bales of all kinds and sizes were collected and stacked in four Animal Supply Points operated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in response to the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek fires. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Kansas Hay Market, Markets

Kansas Hay Report

Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship

Iowa confirms avian flu in backyard flock

Baling hay in Faulkner County on May 16, 2025. Hay growers are trying to work between the raindrops, but are struggling this spring. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kevin Lawson.)

Kansas Hay Report

MU Extension agronomist Tim Schnakenberg and dairy specialist Reagan Bluel urge forage growers to participate in the Ozark Empire Fair Hay Contest in Springfield. Photo courtesy of Tim Schnakenberg.

State-By-State Hay Markets

Hay bales in a field at sunrise. (Adobe Stock │ #489362175 - Petr)

Hay Report

Cash Bids

A cowboy on a horse surrounded by livestock during a cattle drive. (iStock │ #477413769 - johnrandallalves)

Cattle Report

Grain Report

Many of this year's top stories in ag, food and environmental law have carried over from 2024 and are likely to remain big in 2026. (UADA file photo)

Farmland ownership, WOTUS, pesticide labeling issues among top agricultural law stories of 2025