Author Archives: Rusty Halvorson

Senator Debbie Stabenow, the incoming Senate Agriculture Committee chair, this week urged the Department of Agriculture to implement the bipartisan worker protection provisions in the COVID-19 assista...

Farm tractor and combine sales finish the year with solid growth across the U.S., while sales in most sectors in Canada were also positive. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers reports U.S. tota...

From USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board: WHEAT: The outlook for 2020/21 U.S. wheat this month is for stable supplies, higher domestic use, unchanged exports, and lower ending stocks. Feed and res...

The Department of Agriculture has announced details of the 97th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, which will be held virtually on February 18-19, 2021. The 2021 Forum, themed "Building on Innovation:...

U.S. beef exports posted one of the best months on record in November, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. November was also a strong month for pork exports, which already surpassed the full...

The full flood control capacity of the Missouri River Mainstream Reservoir System is available for the 2021 runoff season. "All 2020 flood water stored in the annual flood control zone has been evacua...

Farmers National Company says what started with better-than-expected sales prices at land auctions before last fall's harvest extended into continued higher prices in October and November. "Farmers Na...

Seven months into the 2020-2021 marketing year, USDA forecasts total wheat exports will reach 26.8 million metric tons which, if realized, would be two percent higher than the previous year. According...

With Democrats winning the two Georgia runoff Senate elections this week and a 50-50 majority expected in the chamber, Michigan's Debbie Stabenow is poised to be the next Senate Agriculture Committee ...

CHS, the nation's leading agribusiness cooperative, Thursday reported net income of $69.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 that ended November 30, 2020. This compares to net income of...