Tuesday, August 25, 2026 8:47AM CDT
Economists at Kansas State University highlighted how producers in major cattle-producing states are relying more on USDA's Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) policies, especially to protect feeder cattle prices.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 4:16PM CDT
USDA officials on Tuesday used the opening of the Farm Progress Show to talk about how they are changing USDA's data collection for crop reports that farmers rely on for market decisions. That includes making surveys easier for farmers to fill out, along with using more satellite information and potentially precision-agriculture data.