1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how President Donald "Trump said Friday that he was authorizing legal documents to be drafted to give farmers and ranchers 'the right to #process their own #food.'" farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/trum...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "farm cooperative CHS Inc. and #fertilizer producer OCP North America are proposing a $450 million #phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/firs...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#diesel #prices are soaring just as the energy-thirsty peak of #harvest season looms for many of the country’s largest crops." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/dies...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#corn futures topped the $5-a-bushel mark for the first time in 18 months as weaker-than-expected US crop tour results add to global supply concerns for the staple grain." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/corn...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how “U.S. #tractor #sales were down 10.9%, while combine sales fell 5.3% year-over-year in July 2026, according to sales data the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) released this week.” farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/trac...

2/2 "Since 2022, the average #value of #cropland has risen from $4,940 per acre nationally to $6,020, a gain of 21.8%." "Tennessee saw the biggest percentage increase (in 2026), with the average cropland value in the state rising 5.8% to $6,400 per acre." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/us-c...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "U.S. #farmland #values continued to rise this year, with the average value of #cropland topping $6,000 for the first time, while pastureland reached $2,000 an acre." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/08/us-c...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "USDA's preliminary 2027 projections show total #production #costs continuing to rise for most major crops, pushing all commodities to record highs." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/06/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "in the first half of the 2026 fiscal year, the Labor Department certified 17 percent more (H-2A #Temporary #Agricultural #Worker) jobs than in the same period the year before." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/06/h-2a...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#China’s retaliatory #tariffs on U.S. #agricultural goods wiped out an estimated $14.9 billion in export sales over a 12-month period, according to a new North Dakota State University analysis." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/05/chin...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#farmer #sentiment weakened in April as producers continue to grapple with rising input costs and ongoing uncertainty about availability, according to the latest Purdue University Ag Economy Barometer." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/05/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the extended closure of the #StraitofHormuz and extreme #weather have jolted the #price index for farm commodities to a two-year high." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/crop...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already sent nearly $9.6 billion in #Farmer Bridge #Assistance #payments as crop producers continue to face weak prices and high costs." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/near...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how U.S. #farmer #sentiment improved in March despite fuel and fertilizer cost increases due to the Iran war, according to the newest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index. farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how U.S. "farmers intend to #plant 95.3 million acres of #corn and 84.7 million acres of #soybeans in 2026, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service said on Tuesday." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/04/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the Agriculture Department is anticipating a slightly easier 2026 for U.S. #ag producers, with #prices for major commodities nudging higher and input and labor #costs moderating." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/ag-e...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the number of U.S. #farms shrank by 15,000 in 2025, bringing the total to 1.865 million, USDA said (last week) in its Land in Farms report." "This continues a long-lasting trend of declining farm numbers." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/numb...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the January #Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor shows high input costs, weak prices (and) policy uncertainty have pushed many producers from planning for #profitability to fighting for survival." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/many...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the U.S. Courts report that 315 #farm #bankruptcies were filed in calendar year 2025, up 46% from 2024. While still down from recent highs, this is the second year in a row of increased filings." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/u-s-...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "in a sign of growing stress for U.S. farmers, the Agriculture Department forecast on Thursday that U.S. net #farm #income would fall 0.7% this year, despite near-record government payments." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "#tariffs imposed by the Trump administration collected an estimated $958 million in #revenue from selected #agricultural #inputs from February to October of 2025." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/tari...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "U.S. #fuel #ethanol #production expanded by 9%, reaching a record high 1.196 million barrels per day the week ending Jan. 9, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/us-e...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "as 2026 ushers in a fresh start, agricultural economists say the U.S. #farm #economy has stopped sliding, but it’s far from fully healed." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/farm...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "the US Department of Agriculture unveiled long-awaited details of its $12 billion #aid package for #farmers, with American growers of rice and cotton standing to get the biggest payments." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/usda...

2/2 "About three-quarters of those #employees left the #USDA through a financial incentive program offered as part of the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the size of the federal #workforce, said the report." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/2000...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "more than 20,300 #employees left the U.S. Department of #Agriculture in the first five months of the administration of President Donald Trump, about a fifth of staff." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/2000...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "agricultural lenders surveyed in the new 2025 ABA/Farmer Mac Agricultural Lender Survey expect only 52% of U.S. #farm borrowers will be #profitable this year, signaling a sharp decline from recent years." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/11/only...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how the USDA's "National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) said on Friday that it will release several key #agriculture #reports in November, including a monthly crop supply and demand report." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/11/usda...

1/ Today's Farm Policy News Summary covers how "Nebraska has confirmed its first case of #BirdFlu in a dairy #cattle herd as a lingering 18-month outbreak continues to afflict livestock nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/09/bird...

2/2 "The USDA raised its 2025 U.S. #corn production estimate to a record 16.814 billion bushels. It projected a record average #yield of 186.7 bushels per acre, down from 188.8 bushels per acre in August. Both figures were above analysts’ expectations." farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/09/usda...