2025 GROWMARK Foundation Scholarship Applications Now Open

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill., (AgPR) February 11, 2025 – The GROWMARK Foundation is pleased to offer fifty-five scholarships once again totaling $2,000 each, to students pursuing agriculture and business-related degrees or certificates at colleges, universities, and technical schools in the United States

Funds Exiting Positions in the Cattle Markets

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Story courtesy of Brian Winnekins, at affiliate WRDN-Durand, WI Late last week, we saw a retreat in the cattle markets. Bryan Doherty, the senior market advisor for Total Farm Marketing by Stewart-Peterson, says it appears the funds

Challenges Facing South American Farmers

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While South America is expected to produce large crops of corn and soybeans, it’s not without challenges. Dr. Michael Cordonnier, an agronomist with Soybean and Corn Advisors, Inc., says despite wet weather in parts of Brazil, farmers

More on USDA Freezing Conservation, Farmer Payments

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(WASHINGTON D.C.) — The USDA has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers wouldn’t be affected during the government overhaul. Reuters says