Farmland values increased 2% in the last quarter of 2025 and were up 6% year-over-year in the 7th Federal Reserve District.

More Minnesota farmers filed for bankruptcy in 2025 as high input costs and low prices for most agricultural commodities squeezed profit margins, the American Farm Bureau Federation said in a report ...

The 2012 drought that devastated crops and pastures in much of the Upper Midwest didn't stop the price of farmland from shooting higher, especially in North Dakota. The average per-acre price of ...

The Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation jointly filed CTM Holdings, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Eastern Division ...

Farmland values in the upper Midwest continued to rise in 2023, surpassing the highest levels ever in many areas. The very high net farm income levels in 2021 and 2022 provided many farm operators ...

As corporate demand for renewable energy soars, that is creating new tensions in farm country. One issue pitting some neighbors against each other is where to site large solar power developments. Some ...

There, lost in youthful imagination, I envisioned puttering down guess rows in the old tractor’s seat, its diesel motor ...

Surrounded by rows of soybeans and corn, Hans Bishop’s farm in central Illinois was an anomaly. He grew kale, peppers, eggplants and radishes, selling to Whole Foods from June through October and to ...

Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on an ...

Spring fieldwork got off to a good start in some portions of the upper Midwest in mid-late April; however, conditions in other areas were too wet to see the initiation of spring planting. Frequent ...

Zemua Baptista had dreamed his whole life of becoming a farmer. In late 2019, while still in college, he was able to get a contract and a beginning farmer loan to build eight chicken houses to raise ...

JANESVILLE, Wis-- For 33 years, Pam Jahnke has been the go-to source for everything agriculture. Jahnke will be honored with the Governor's Legacy Award on March 12 at the Wisconsin Governor's ...