American farmers and ranchers raise the animals, manage the land, absorb the risks of weather and markets, and invest years of labor. Yet when those animals are ready to become food, federal…
Making Making a Fortune While Rural America Pays More
Rural America runs on diesel and gas. Tractors, combines, pickup trucks hauling feed or kids to school, the long drives between towns, the cost of getting crops to market. When fuel prices…
NASS Gets It Wrong on Corn, Markets Pay the Price
NASS just admitted a processing error in its September 2026 Crop Production report that skewed corn data for Kansas and Nebraska. The mistake used incorrect acreage weights when combining irrigated and non-irrigated…
Taxpayer Funds Aim to Fix Fertilizer Dependence After Iran War Spike
Vice President J.D. Vance and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on October 22, 2026, the selection of eight projects under USDA’s Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program. The…
Record $55 Billion in Farm Payments: The Bailout Farmers Never Wanted
The latest round of government support for American agriculture is on track to set a new high. USDA’s $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program, announced by President Trump at a Kansas rally,…
Trump’s $8 Billion Diesel Relief Is a Band-Aid That Masks the Real Wound
Farmers facing diesel prices near or above $6 a gallon this harvest season will take the money. They have little choice. Combines, tractors, irrigation pumps, and grain trucks do not run on…
Trump Approval Crashes to 33% as Iran War Drives Costs, Puts Farm Policy at Risk in Midterms
With the November 3 midterm elections less than three weeks away, President Donald Trump’s job approval has fallen to a record low of 33 percent, with 66 percent of Americans disapproving and…
Equipment Buyers Beware When the Deal Looks Too Good to Be True
Buying used equipment online has become routine. Farmers and contractors routinely spend tens of thousands of dollars on tractors, excavators, skid steers and other machines they first discover online, sometimes without ever…
Trump’s Beef Import Scheme Misses the Mark and Leaves Ranchers Holding the Bag
President Trump’s push to flood the market with cheaper foreign beef was supposed to ease sticker shock at the grocery store. Instead, it has delivered almost nothing for shoppers while slamming American…
Record Payments Meet Rising Debt and Elevated Inputs as Diesel Stays High
U.S. farmers are receiving record government payments at the same time farm debt climbs to new highs and key production costs, especially diesel, remain elevated. The combination leaves many operations under pressure…