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U.S. Farmers to Plant 3% Less Corn

Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2026, down 3% from last year, according to the Prospective ... Read entire story

Huntington Speaker Calls for a Different Mindset for Agriculture

Damian Mason can make any room laugh, but he didn't come to the Huntington University Ag Breakfast to put on a show ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Farmland Values Projected Up, Crop Margins Down

The 2025 Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rent Survey suggests that Indiana farmland values remain historically strong, though there are ... Read entire story

EPA Sets Record High Biofuel Blending Volumes

Progressive Farmer's Todd Neeley reported that "the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized 2026-27 Renewable Fuel Standard ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Dairymen Using Cheaper Rations, Cutting Fat Content

More cows produce more milk. USDA's latest data illustrates that as February production totaled 18.255 billion pounds, up 2.9% from ... Read entire story

Economic Outlook for U.S. Pork Producers Shows Positive Trend

The USDA's March Hogs and Pigs report puts the March 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs at 74.3 million head, down about 1.5% from last ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


Spring Is a Brave Yellow Wave, a Loud 'How'do!' and a Glint of Gold

Spring often just burst onto the southern Illinois farm of my youth. One morning you'd see a green blade of something peeking through ... Read entire story

Hydration Is an Important Issue for Calves

A few years back, I noticed a 4-H mom pouring Gatorade into a bucket of water at our county fair. She started doing that a week before ... Read entire story

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