Net farm income is a comprehensive indicator of U.S. farm profitability – for all crops and livestock – and includes cash receipts from farming as well as farm-related income, including government ...

North farmer Jeffrey Axson says Mother Nature was somewhat kinder in 2017 than the past two years, helping to create an overall good crop year. "It has not been like the last two years," said Axson.

For 2017, cattle prices have held together better than expected, officials say. Prices were generally higher in 2017 than a year ago. In 2016, the price was in a free fall from the March peak of $139 ...

The 2017 Census of Agriculture was released last week to much-deserved fanfare. The Census of Ag is a herculean effort undertaken by USDA every five years by a staff of dedicated professionals intent ...

Farm income improved in 2017, but it didn't spring back, according to a new report from the South Dakota Center for Farm/Ranch Management at Mitchell Technical Institute. Center program director Will ...

Here at Agweek, we’ve been working on a number of year-end and best-of-2017 stories. They’re typical stories written and put together in newsrooms across the country and probably the world. But as we ...

Bobby and Chelsea Losh-Jones, with their son, Tripp, at Babe + Sage Farm, which they started in 2011. As Bobby Jones was getting ready to start his own farm several years ago in rural Georgia, he ran ...

Holly Lane Tree Farm owner Mike Yackley walks through his property with his grandchildren. Front left Jedidiah Backman, 5, left rear, Elliot Backman, 8, Sebastian Backman, 3 and Lochlan Backman, 17 ...