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Floodwaters breached levees in parts of Iowa on Tuesday, with more flooding anticipated for Wednesday. The damage to row-crop and livestock operations is likely significant, according to state officials.

As the country gets ready for the first presidential debate of the 2024 race, Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths invited D.C. insider Jim Wiesemeyer on Unscripted, their new podcast, to discuss what he’s hearing.

Major pork and dairy exporter Denmark plans to introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions. This would make Denmark the first to initiate a CO2 tax on agriculture and it hopes to inspire others to follow.

Hot, dry weather is forecasted for Russia and Ukraine while flooding in the U.S. Midwest shuts down rail lines and submerges fields and towns. China’s corn and soybean crops are getting some relief after a heatwave.

A new 75,000-square-foot green ammonia fertilizer production and distribution facility is online in Boone, Iowa. The modular plant creates 82-0-0 anhydrous ammonia from air, sun, and water.

Crop conditions continue to fall as extreme weather plagues this year’s growing season.

The new 6M tractor can be customized to provide farmers large tractor features - such as integrated connectivity and Intelligent Power Management - on a midsized machine.

USDA’s June Acreage report tends to be a major market mover. Ahead of the report, we asked economists to weigh in on where think the acreage numbers could land in the report set to be released June 28.

Rootless corn syndrome, nitrates, carbon penalty, waterhemp woes and tar spot are bearing down on corn and soybean crops now. The good news? You can take action so they aren’t a drag on crop performance all season.