Agricultural Economics

Sorghum got a big boost from the CME Group. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
Colorado, Grain Sorghum, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming

Sorghum futures get a boost from CME

Discover how CME Group's new sorghum basis futures could improve pricing, transparency and risk management for producers nationwide. Read More

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier
Arkansas, Beef, beef, Colorado, Cow Calf, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Feeder, Iowa, Kansas, Livestock, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas, Western Region, Wyoming

Lockout at Colorado beef plant may end soon

Farm with a red barn on a curving road in the Iowa countryside on a beautiful spring day. (iStock │ #2157489040 - Willard)
Farmland, Iowa, Land, Midwestern Region, Ranchland, Regional Roundup

2026 farmland leasing arrangements meetings offered across Iowa

Peel headlines July 16 Beef-on-Dairy webinar

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Economists: USMCA will return to limelight

American Royal selects 2026 scholars

Combine harvester harvests wheat. (Adobe Stock │ #602027180 - scharfsinn86)

USDA lowers U.S. wheat production outlook in June WASDE report 

Combine harvester harvests wheat. (Adobe Stock │ #602027180 - scharfsinn86)

In troubled times, FARM Champions emerge

Summer agricultural landscape with wheat field and clouds on beautiful evening. (Adobe Stock-#359366852 │ firewings)

New series offers insight into how farmland values are determined

  • By Rabail Chandio & Alaina Friesleben │ Iowa State University Extension
Hereford and Angus cattle owned by K-State Purebred Beef Unit. (K-State Research and Extension)

Risk management strategies to consider for your herd

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

Cargill begins lockout at Colorado beef plant