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Seth Meyer, director, FAPRI-MU and associate professor, University of Missouri. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Crops and Cattle, Dave Bergmeier, Editors

Numbers tell two stories about ag profitability

Livestock strength and crop struggles are telling two different stories about today’s U.S. agricultural economy, Seth Meyer says. Read More

USDA
Canola, Corn, Cotton, Crops, economy, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans, Sunflowers, USDA, Wheat

Landowners need to review Base Allocation Summary by Aug. 31

Cotton, Crops, Government, Lacey Vilhauer, USDA

USDA launches Great American Cotton Plan to support growers, textile industry 

Justin Korver harvests corn in southeast Lancaster County in November 2023. Total farm receipts in Nebraska are projected to increase $731 million, to $33.37 billion, in 2025. (Courtesy photo.)

Policy experts: Finishing farm bill still important

  • February 11, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Sara Wyant

Farmer ‘bridge’ payments are coming, but will they be enough?

  • December 19, 2025
  • By Sara Wyant
The 2018 Farm Bill has expired, and OSU Extension’s Amy Hagerman says the expiration will result in both immediate changes as well as long-term shifts in the way producers run their operations. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture).

On to a ‘skinny’ farm bill

  • July 21, 2025
  • By David Murray
Sara Wyant

What’s next for farm programs?

  • July 18, 2025
  • By Sara Wyant

House proposes cutting $230 billion from SNAP, redirecting funds to farm programs 

  • May 13, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Evening sunshine in a wheat field. (Adobe Stock │ #527720764 - Larry)

MU releases payment plan decision tool for corn, soybean, wheat

  • April 8, 2025
  • By Julie Harker │ University of Missouri Extension
USDA

April 15 looms for crop insurance enrollment

  • April 1, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
(Photo courtesy of Kansas State University.)

K-State agricultural economists explain farm bill and crop insurance options

  • March 6, 2025
  • By Pat Melgares
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