The chase to capture carbon continues. It’s a possible new source of income for farmers and ranchers, but it’s also bringing a set of challenges and questions. The answer could be both public and private programs.

With a consecutive warm and dry days in much of the Corn Belt, some farmers were able to start planting earlier than normal last week, but the weather pattern this week is flipping, with a cooler bias setting in.

Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded.

MaxYield with 25 locations in Iowa and NEW Cooperative with 39 locations in Iowa are progressing to the next step in a potential merger.

Landus is expanding its footprint into Minnesota but using a “new tool” in its business toolbox. It’s not an acquisition–it’s an optimization of back-end business.

The cotton price picture is seeing some bullish factors come into play. USDA’s WASDE report on Friday revealed higher exports - along with a smaller crop last year - continue to eat into overall supplies.