Montana Farmers Union Member Testifies Importance of Credit and Risk Management to Family Farmers

Montana Farmers Union member John Wicks Wednesday testified in front of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit, to detail the impo...

Nebraska Files Likely Billion Dollar Suit v. Colorado over water

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement he anticipates the court battle will cost over a billion dollars and, he said, no one in either state will be better off.

Murnin Departs WLJ and joins Livestock Marketing Assn.

He’s new to LMA, but Billings, Montana’s Devin Murnin is no stranger to the cattle business. Raised on a commercial operation, he began as a USDA markets reporter before joining the Western Livestock...

Corn Grower Leaders Call on Trump to Intervene with MAHA Commission

The president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and farmer leaders from 19 state-based corn grower groups sent a letter to President Trump today asking him to intervene as the Make Ameri...

USDA’s Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Signup Now Open

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up run...

Farm Bureau Extends Deadline for Top Dog Honors

Farmers have until July 25 to submit nominations for the 2026 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, which comes with cash prizes and bragging rights. This is the eighth year of the contest, suppor...

Judge Denies Access to John Deere Database in Right-to-Repair Lawsuits

A John Deere database will not be made available to the Federal Trade Commission, five states and a group of farmer plaintiffs in ongoing antitrust right-to-repair lawsuits, as a federal judge denied...

Fifth-Generation Western Colorado Farmer Joseph Bernal Elected to American AgCredit Board

The farmers and ranchers who own American AgCredit elected Joseph Bernal to the cooperative’s board of directors. Bernal, who operates a corn, wheat, and alfalfa farm, and partners with his son and ne...

New Marketing Report Reveals Positive Insights for American Lamb Amidst Stagnant Q1 Growth

The Q1 2025 U.S. Quarterly Lamb Report conducted by Midan Marketing shows many positive trends for American Lamb despite relatively flat numbers. The report compares lamb sales from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025...

Risk, Retention & Record Prices: 2025 Cattle Market

July 13, 2025 - In the latest installment of the LaneCast Ag podcast, Lane Nordlund checks in with Don Close of Terrain at the Cattle Industry Summer Meeting in San Diego. They discuss soaring cattle...