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  • Trump Administration Declines to Renew USMCA, Triggering 10-Year Countdown That Could Reshape Ag Trade
    by C.J. Miller on July 1, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    The Trump administration on Wednesday formally declined to renew the landmark U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, shaking the foundations of North American agricultural trade and initiating a high-stakes, decade-long countdown before the multi-billion-dollar trade pact

  • Can Indiana’s Crops Finish Strong?
    by Greg Allen on July 1, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    Indiana’s corn and soybean crops have taken a weather roller coaster ride this growing season, but agronomists say statewide yield potential remains very much alive…although it now depends on what happens during the rest of July. Early-season

  • USDA Announces $500M FIELDS Program to Boost US Fertilizer Production
    by C.J. Miller on July 1, 2026 at 11:10 pm

    Facing a severe agricultural crisis triggered by escalating warfare in the Middle East, the Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a $500 million emergency grant initiative designed to rapidly expand domestic fertilizer production and rescue American farmers squeezing

  • Bayer’s Glyphosate Trade Petition Sparks Backlash from US Corn and Soybean Farmers
    by C.J. Miller on July 1, 2026 at 11:05 pm

    Just days after winning a landmark victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, Bayer AG is receiving backlash from America’s farmers. On Tuesday, Bayer’s subsidiary, the Monsanto Company, along with its affiliate Ruveon LLC, filed a major petition

  • Sweeping Farm Labor Bill to Overhaul H-2A Program Introduced by House Ag Chair GT Thompson
    by C.J. Miller on June 30, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    After years of relentless lobbying by America’s farm groups, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA-15) unveiled sweeping legislation Tuesday to overhaul the nation’s agricultural guestworker system for the first time in four decades. The proposal—already

  • ‘A Loose Band-Aid’: Fertilizer Expert Josh Linville Questions Trump’s Tariff Relief as Phosphate Supply Crisis Deepens
    by C.J. Miller on June 30, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    President Trump’s emergency executive order temporarily lifting import tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer was intended to throw a lifeline to American growers. But while farm groups have welcomed the immediate relief, one fertilizer expert warns that the

  • A Bullish Surprise: USDA Stocks Report Ignites Grain Rally as Corn Inventories Come in Below Forecasts
    by C.J. Miller on June 30, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    Grain and oilseed futures rallied on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its highly anticipated Quarterly Stocks and Planted Acreage reports. The data defied widespread fears of an aggressively bearish outlook, prompting a wave

  • Crops from Ft. Wayne to Lafayette and Beyond are Uniform and in Good Shape
    by Andy Eubank on June 30, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    On a Tuesday drive from Fort Wayne to Lafayette to just past Champaign, Illinois Kent Stickler took a good look at farm fields along the way, and he liked what he saw. Stickler is an Indiana district

  • EPA Approves Slate of New Crop Protection Products, Giving US Farmers a Major Boost for 2027
    by C.J. Miller on June 30, 2026 at 10:01 pm

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized registrations for a slate of new crop protection products on Tuesday, delivering a major victory to U.S. farmers and the agricultural industry as growers prepare for the 2027 growing season. The

  • Patriotic and Powerful: The Legacy of the Case ‘Spirit of ’76’ Tractor
    by C.J. Miller on June 30, 2026 at 1:30 am

    As fireworks prepare to light the skies over America for the nation’s 250th birthday, another symbol of patriotism is once again capturing attention—this one powered not by gunpowder, but by diesel. Fifty years after a stars-and-stripes tractor

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