The Illinois Department of Agriculture is preparing to host its second Illinois grain tour of 2025. The event will welcome international buyers from six countries including China, Vietnam, Egypt, ...

Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in an oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minn. (Photo by Steven Garcia/Investigate Midwest) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Few ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year, while a continuing boom in Southeastern states’ housing and ...

Year-over year increases in grain stocks are unwelcome news for corn and soybean farmers, who are poised to harvest record crops in the coming weeks. Commodity markets, though, had a mixed- response ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, House Agriculture Committee chair, failed to win re-election in Minnesota on Tuesday, a loss some agriculture leaders said could hurt the Midwest grain belt.