Crop prices affect all farmers — big and small, growing crops or livestock. In early July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s WASDE report showed that the anticipated 2024 corn price is down to $4.30 per bushel. Soybeans also went down, now estimated at $11.10 per bushel. Although corn and soybean…

Richard Couto, founder of the Miami Beach-based animal activist group Animal Recovery Mission, said he had witnessed the killing of a retired racehorse named Funny Biz in what he’s calling an illegal act. According to Couto, the horse was tied to a tree, shot in the head, and then repeatedly…

John Deere called employees to attend a meeting at 7:30 a.m. this morning regarding the start of a new round of layoffs, this time affecting salaried employees around the world.  While today’s layoff announcement was expected, Deere & Co. has yet to officially release details about the layoffs that they…

Over 500 organizations and companies representing a wide range of Farm Bill stakeholders — including agriculture, nutrition, conservation, environmental, and rural development sectors — have submitted a letter urging Congress to pass a 2024 farm bill before the end of the year. “Every hour, we lose approximately 150 acres of…

Tractor Supply Company has donated $100,000 to the Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund. The fund provides micro-grants to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming or ranching. This is the sixth year TSC has partnered with FVC to assist farmer veterans from all branches of service as part…

The Defense Department has backed off on its proposal to consider lab-grown protein as a food source for troops, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced this week. The DOD itself did not make an announcement, but an official made the statement in a meeting with several U.S. senators, an NCBA…