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Farmers Can Now Learn How Much Aid They Will Get from the Trump Administration

Soybean farmers have been hit especially hard by Trump's trade war with China, which stopped buying any American crops after Trump announced his tariffs this spring. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics / Industry

Markets, Not Handouts (Editorial)

With the end of the year fast approaching, the aid package feels more like a band-aid on a bullet hole. read more >
A harvesting combine fills a delivery truck with soybeans. | (Shutterstock)
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics

Trump is Giving Farmers $12B In Aid. They’ve Been Hit Hard by His Trade War With China

The aid is the administration’s latest effort to defend Trump’s economic stewardship and answer voter angst about rising costs. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Energy / Government & Politics

US and China Seek to Strike a Deal Over Rare Earths, Tariffs, Soybeans

The two countries sent out reassuring signals over the weekend that an agreement was drawing closer. read more >
A harvesting combine fills a delivery truck with soybeans. | (Shutterstock)
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics

Trump Plans Aid Package for US Soybean Farmers While Seeking Trade Deal With China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said news of “substantial support for our farmers, especially the soybean farmers” could come as soon as Tuesday. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Transportation

Low Mississippi River Limits Barges as Farmers Prepare for Harvest

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers […] read more >
A file photo of a barge with cargo on the Mississippi River 
Agriculture & Poultry / Transportation

Low Water on the Mississippi River Impacting Barge Traffic

The timing is bad. Corn and soybeans harvested in the early fall need to be moved, and barges are vital in getting the commodities from one place to another. read more >
Carter Malloy is CEO of AcreTrader of Fayetteville, a farmland investing service that’s so far put $100 million into more than 60 farms.
Agriculture & Poultry / Investments

AcreTrader Hits 100-Farm Milestone

The company has now funded more than 26,000 acres worth of farmland in 17 states and Australia. read more >
A harvesting combine fills a delivery truck with soybeans. | (Shutterstock)
Agriculture & Poultry / Government & Politics

US Farmers Store Record Soybean Crop Amid China Dispute

American farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed. read more >
A Nov. 27 program will delve into what growers need to know about certain varieties of non-genetically modified soybeans and how to have the crops certified as non-GMO.
Agriculture & Poultry

More Growers Breaking 100-Bushel Soybean Barrier

A farmer in far southeast Arkansas is the latest to have harvested more than 100 bushels-per-acre from a segment of his soybean crop. read more >
A Nov. 27 program will delve into what growers need to know about certain varieties of non-genetically modified soybeans and how to have the crops certified as non-GMO.
Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Restaurants & Food

Arkansas Researcher Explores Higher Soybean Yields

A researcher at the University of Arkansas is working to develop soybean yields that can significantly surpass the 2012 average yield of 41 bushels per acre. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry

Arkansas Farmers Harvest Record Soybean, Corn, Rice Crops

Despite summer's punishing drought, Arkansas farmers produced record crops of soybean and bumper crops of corn, rice and cotton, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. read more >
A Nov. 27 program will delve into what growers need to know about certain varieties of non-genetically modified soybeans and how to have the crops certified as non-GMO.
Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Restaurants & Food

Talk Planned on Non-Genetically Modified Soybeans

Two University of Arkansas economists who researched the market potential of non-genetically modified soybeans are to conduct a day of workshops at the Arkansas Farm Bureau. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Restaurants & Food

Soybean, Cotton Farmers Wind Down Arkansas Harvest

Arkansas farmers are harvesting the last of their cotton and soybeans, and the rice harvest is already complete. Sbout 90 percent of the cotton crop is in and 84 percent of soybeans have been harvested. read more >