FARGO (KFGO) - Declining world sugar prices and excessive imports are presenting some challenges for the region's sugar industry. Growers at the 2025 joint annual meeting of American Crystal Sugar and the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association learned that crop production in 2025 was a record-breaking 13.3 mill...

Great moments are born from great opportunities, and attendees at the 2026 MN Ag Expo will have a unique opportunity to learn from a legendary Minnesota hockey icon about the grit it took to play a role in one of the biggest upsets in sports history. John Harrington, former Minnesota State University, Mankato women's h...

After a tariff war stalled trade for months, Reuters said shipments of U.S. crops headed to China are picking up in number. At least six large cargo vessels are scheduled to fill up with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December. A shipping schedule that was seen by Reuters this week said a seventh U.S. soy...

The 27 member-states in the European Union approved the European Commission's trade agreement with the U.S. However, Mexico Business News said the European Parliament will challenge the elements it considers to be unfair after President Donald Trump tripled tariffs on EU products while Brussels eliminated duties on U.S...

According to the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council's 2025/2026 Corn Harvest Quality Report, the 15th such annual survey published globally this week, the 2025 U.S. corn crop is projected to be the largest on record, coming in a 425.53 million metric tons. The crop is also highlighted by the lowest rate of broken co...

South Dakota State University Extension's Crop Hour webinar series for 2026 will return in January. Crop Hour provides producers and industry professionals with information to navigate the challenges and opportunities of farming in South Dakota. People can participate live via Zoom or watch the recorded presentations o...

Tom Cotter of Austin is the recipient of the 2025 Minnesota Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land. Cotter, who owns and operates Cotter Farms, was presented...

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring encourages farmers that have been affected by the Hansen-Mueller bankruptcy to file claims with the bankruptcy court. Hansen-Mueller is a nationwide commodity trading and logistics company that specializes in grain, oilseeds and feed ingredients. "Every producer ...

November brought the highest farmer sentiment reading since June, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer jumping 10 points from October to 139. The increase was driven primarily by producers' more optimistic outlook for the future, as the Future Expectations Index climbed 15 points to 144, while the ...

Leverkusen, December 2, 2025 - Bayer is pleased the Solicitor General supports U. S. Supreme Court review of the petition for a writ of certiorari in the Durnell case and agrees with the company's arguments on preemption. The company believes that the backing of the U.S. government will be important to the Court's cons...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun catching up after the government shutdown, releasing the latest available sales data showing exports of corn and wheat as of October 16 were well above year-earlier levels. However, soybean sales, as expected, have plunged compared to last year. Accumulated exports of corn f...

The Trump administration anticipates it will be ready to announce an aid package for American farmers within two-and-a-half weeks, as well as a deal on Chinese soybean purchases. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins made the announcement this week but didn't provide further details. Reuters reported that the administration has ...

Deere and Company's weak forecast for the year ahead reinforces the difficulty in predicting a level of recovery in the U.S. farm economy. Bloomberg said that's because uncertainty continues around the impact of tariffs and trade deals. "Shares of the world's biggest farm machinery maker fell as much as 5.7 percen...

Four major North American beekeeping organizations today released the first-ever North American Bee Strategy, a coordinated, continent-wide plan to protect honey bees, strengthen the viability of professional beekeeping, and safeguard food security across the United States and Canada. The strategy is the result of a cr...

The Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase will return to the Bismarck Event Center, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5-6. "This year's Holiday Showcase features more than 200 companies offering unique, North Dakota-made products," said Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. "Shoppers will find thousands of products...

The American Sugarbeet Growers Association has announced the upcoming retirement of its longtime Executive Vice President and CEO, Luther Markwart. His retirement is scheduled for December 31st, 2026. By the end of next year, Markwart will have served 44 years as the Association's chief executive, following earlier wor...

For the eighth time this year, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below a growth-neutral score of 50.0. That's according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a ten-state region dependent on agriculture and energy. The region's overall reading was 34.6 in October, the lowest level since May 2020. Th...

USDA's most recent reports, including Commodity Costs and Returns, World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates, and Farm Sector Income & Finances reports, all confirm what U.S. agriculture has known for years. U.S. farm income is under immense pressure. A new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation said f...

USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service recently announced the America First Trade Promotion Program, and U.S. soy groups applauded the move. The American Soybean Association, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, and ASA's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) expressed strong support for the initiative, which estab...

As the holidays are here, bird flu is once again infecting commercial and backyard poultry flocks. Civil Eats reports that the flu has infected and killed more than 8.9 million turkeys, chickens, and ducks in the U.S. since September. The report said consumers are unlikely to feel a price squeeze during the holidays. F...