Gerald Mashange - Non-real estate farm loan volume at commercial banks fell 25.0% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026 ...

Producers are facing a December 11 th deadline to make their commodity program election decisions for the 2026 crop year.

Diesel fuel prices for agricultural use in Illinois have reached a record high. Those higher prices are estimated to raise ...

Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi - This article examines dispersion in producer sentiment, as measured by the Ag Economy ...

For a couple of years now, American households have navigated a challenging period of rising prices. While the recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for April indicates a welcome moderation in ...

It is in October, with the new fiscal year, that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is typically replenished. The CCC is the primary funding mechanism for all farm program payments and ...

It has been less than four years since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, launching the current AI era. Since that launch, monthly spending on data centers has increased from less than $1 ...

A recent farmdoc daily article (Sherrick and Tsay, 2026) used the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) data to examine foreign ownership of U.S.

Honey bees play a critical role in agricultural production, particularly through pollination services that support crops such as California almonds (see farmdoc daily, February 17, 2025), while also ...

In response to higher inflation, the Federal Reserve has raised the effective Federal Funds interest rate from 0.08% in January 2022 to 5.3% currently. It is now higher relative to current inflation ...