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A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)
Soybeans

Ag exports still were a good story to follow

Shedding light on 2024 crop and protein exports during the darkest days of the year, Ken Eriksen writes as he looks at major categories. Read More

Wheat (Photo by Todd Johnson.)
Ag Economy Insights, Agriculture Finance, Corn, Crops, finance, Opinion, Soybeans, Wheat

Record U.S. crop exports to Mexico face challenges crossing the border

The Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association is helping prepare the field for planting. (Susan Himes/Texas A&M AgriLife)
economy, Equipment, finance, Machinery

Farm equipment trends across the High Plains



Grain bins (Photo: Rachel Regier, Ashland, KS)

U.S. agricultural land is attractive around the world

Cover photos courtesy of Adobe Stock. Cover artwork by Heather Noll

Data, data, data, everywhere data

Corn harvest (Photo: Keith Werner - Wanatah, Indiana)

Keeping crop supplies in perspective with crop storage

The Oklahoma State University Ranch Tour gives participants a first-hand look at some of the top cattle operations across the state. (Photo courtesy of OSU Agriculture.)

Counting cattle and calves across the U.S. and the High Plains

It may surprise you, but a pumpkin is in fact a fruit. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)

A Maize to the Future

USDA Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Graders (Meat) correlate on beef at their annual national beef correlation event, August 13, 2019. (USDA Photo by Preston Keres)

Is the cow jumping over the moon more moonshot or nonsensical?

An Oklahoma wheat field. (Photo by Andrea Hanson.)

Run for the border, U.S. crops to Mexico

Alfalfa

Foraging for good value, but alfalfa losing ground doing so