Find out why sprayers are having a moment right now and hear from a farm economist who thinks there could be light at the end of the trade war tunnel for farmers.

High interest rates and a weak farm economy make it risky to take on debt, leading some farmers to prioritize paying down existing debt. Big things are happening on the farm. Let's take a look at ...

Both these farmers presented their actual farm economic spreadsheets to a group in Mankato, Minnesota, at the Soil Management Summit. “Just to be open about what our actual numbers are instead ...

Everything. I know that President Trump, whom I speak with regularly, realizes the state of the farm economy in this country,” Rollins said on Sunday at Commodity Classic. “The last time ...

The company attributes the layoffs to a struggling farm economy and reduced customer orders, not production shifts to Mexico. This is the 16th round of layoffs at John Deere in the past year ...

Adjusted for inflation, the only period with more spending on farmers was 1984 to 1988, when a farm economic crisis battered rural America. Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins has said USDA is ...

THERE’S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW AROUND THE FARM ECONOMY AND UNCERTAINTY. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST AND PROFESSOR CHAD HART SAYS IS NOT NEW. AS FAR AS U.S. AGRICULTURE ...

Pesticides, which are used in both conventional and organic farming, are critical components of a healthy and dynamic food system and farm economy, the groups said in the letter dated March 7.

But another reality is we have high real interest rates and a weak farm economy. And to the people who are looking at that reality, debt is an enemy…it’s just another expense that needs to be ...

“In this farm economy, that can be an important thing for a farmer to be aware of so that they can make the best decision for them,” Tim Bjordal, an account executive at FBN, said. “Getting ...

led 14 of her colleagues in writing to the president to express concerns over the impact of the tariffs on the farm economy. “On top of shutting farmers out of critical export markets ...

Meanwhile, commodity prices are low. "This trade war and these tariffs adds to that very stressful time and does not help the farm economy. When farmers aren't making money, they are not spending ...