Industry news for agriculture: policy and subsidy program changes, crop insurance rules, export bans and trade restrictions, disease outbreaks in livestock and orchards, recalls, and mergers among input and equipment suppliers. Items give effective dates, eligibility conditions and the regions affected, so a grower can judge exposure quickly.
The first survey-based forecast of the 2025/26 season landed near record territory for corn — the operator consequence runs through basis and storage math.
Isabel Duarte · August 24, 2026
Basis is the cash price minus the futures price, and it moved sharply in 2024-2025 — here is what sets it and how to read it.
Isabel Duarte · August 17, 2026
Agtech venture funding topped $2 billion in Q2 2026 after 163 startups raised $1.89 billion in Q1, per industry round-ups — flat overall, with the story in where the dollars landed.
Isabel Duarte · August 5, 2026
The $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance program closed enrollment April 17, 2026, per USDA, and state-level tariff relief programs followed — the documented money now offsetting trade-disruption losses.
Gabriela Montoya · July 14, 2026
The EPA finalized the 2026 biomass-based diesel volume obligation at about 5.4 billion gallons, up from 3.35 billion in 2025, per the Iowa Soybean Association — a demand step soybean oil cannot yet fully supply.
Isabel Duarte · June 21, 2026