What's Making News
November brought the highest farmer sentiment reading since June, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer jumping 10 points from ... Read entire story
The 2026 Purdue Ag Alumni Fish Fry will be held Feb. 7 at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, 1406 Teal Rd., in Lafayette, Ind. ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to be a concern in Michigan poultry flocks, making it important for bird owners to continue to ... Read entire story
Reuters' Susan Heavey and Leah Douglas reported last week that "the Trump administration expects to announce an aid package ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
There is lots of talk about "affordability" these days as Thanksgiving approached. Various polls indicate consumers are not ... Read entire story
More than a decade after USDA regulations banned whole milk from school menus, Congress is considering a comeback. The Whole Milk for Healthy ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
On the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, we marked seasons by the work more than by the month.
The planting season, for example, ... Read entire story
When I attend 4-H auctions, I often hear the auctioneers talk about the amount of work 4-H'ers devote to their projects. The 4-H beef ... Read entire story