Southeast (U.S.)

Hear from the likes of AGCO, Claas, John Deere and others about what each farm equipment manufacturer is planning to invest in its U.S. manufacturing footprint.

It’s not just planting cotton farmers are battling this year. Soybeans are also struggling in the ground, and the corn is wind whipped or battered by hail and sand. With farmers staring at financial losses already this year, some worry this could push a growing number of them out of business.

A new report from Bloomberg Law shows family farm bankruptcies had already increased by 55% last year compared to 2023, and to start 2025, the number of bankruptcies is already exceeding the same time last year.

A coalition of over 270 local, state and federal trade associations signed a letter urging President Biden and the administration to use all of its authorities to get the ports open and get the parties back to the negotiating table.

Damage estimated between $95 billion and $110 billion. Farmers in South Georgia were assessing the damage to the state’s $1 billion cotton crop and $400 million pecan crop now in harvest season.

A bus carrying farm laborers in northern Florida collided with a pickup on Tuesday and overturned, killing at least eight people and critically injuring eight others, authorities said.

Peoples Company has released its fourth annual land values report with data broken into geographical regions across the U.S.

Experts say you don’t need to worry about the bright yellow, blue, black and red Joro spider — it’s one of the few creatures that preys on a bug that attacks Southern crops.