To open the 2025 World Food Prize Week of Events, a private ceremony marked the unveiling of a new statue installation on the east side of the historic Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates, the international headquarters of the World Food Prize Foundation. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) hosted a moving and memorable ceremony honoring Ambassador Kenneth …

Significant downward revisions to monthly payroll estimates in August led many market observers to anticipate the Federal Reserve would begin cutting interest rate cuts more aggressively. However, recent economic data has generally been positive, tempering expectations for more significant cuts before the end of the year. According to a new quarterly report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the most likely scenario …

An overwhelming majority of corn growers from across the United States say that the nation’s farm economy is possibly already in a crisis or on the brink of one, according to a new survey released by the National Corn Growers Association. The American Farm Bureau Federation sent letters to President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders to emphasize the severe economic …

Old crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2025, totaled 1.53 billion bushels, down 13 percent from Sept. 1, 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Grain Stocks report released today. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions were down 8 percent from Sept. 1, 2024, and all wheat stocks were up …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is awarding $8.3 million in funding to help 11 U.S. recipients address trade barriers and expand international market access for U.S. specialty crops. The funding is provided through USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, which manages the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program. TASC helps U.S. specialty crop producers combat trade barriers, as well …

Corn production is up, while soybean and cotton production is down from 2024, according to the Crop Production report issued by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Corn production is up 13 percent from last year, forecast at 16.8 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to decrease their production 2 percent from 2024, forecast at 4.30 billion bushels; cotton production …

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Alexander Vaden in North Carolina met with agricultural leaders and producers and announced additional U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers recover from Hurricane Helene. Deputy Secretary Vaden signed a block grant agreement with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that provides recovery assistance to eligible North Carolina farmers. …

Pro Farmer, a division of Farm Journal, shared its much-anticipated national production estimates for the 2025 U.S. corn and soybean crops after analyzing information from the 33rd Annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour and other sources. The Pro Farmer estimates are informed by Crop Tour data and observations collected throughout the week via an exceptional effort by scouts in thousands of …

One of the most important independent measurements of American crop production is happening this week amid several challenges making it harder than ever to predict yield, one of the crucial statistics driving the agricultural economy in the Corn Belt. The 33rd annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour, which runs from Aug. 18 to 21, will send scouts out to fields in …

The National FFA Organization announced that its new membership number reflects more than one million FFA members nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Membership reached 1,042,245 this year with 9,407 chapters. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) released numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture today showing there are 526,263 farmers in the U.S. growing corn. NCGA …