The One Big Beautiful Bill Act increased the statutory reference price and also made some enhanced changes to the effective reference price (EFR). The EFR is used to calculate payments under Price ...

Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) is now open, and a new detailed report from Terrain shows ARC and PLC will offer higher support, for some, in 2025. With ...

It’s no secret that the outlook for both old- and new-crop commodity prices has changed dramatically in recent months. USDA’s most recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates projected lower ...

On the surface, a programmable logic controller (PLC) might seem like nothing more than a generic microcontroller, perhaps outfitted to operate in industrial settings with things like high ...

The deadline for farmers with base acres eligible for Title I commodity safety net programs was March 16. Farmers had the opportunity to make a one-time election to enroll base acres on a commodity-by ...

As end-users take advantage of more capable PLCs, they must also consider security. By increasing the overall computing power of PLCs, controller vendors have made room for additional capabilities.

Recently I became interested in PLC programming. I'm not planning on working in this field on building a career, just want to play with a bit. I've some background in software development and ...

When a PLC is used primarily to replace relays, timers, and counters, it's hard to beat the simplicity and usefulness of ladder diagram programming. Their ability to accept programming in ladder ...

It’s been nearly four years since we covered [Thiago]’s OpenPLC project. He never stopped working on it, and now it’s in a highly polished state. If you read our initial coverage of this project, it ...

Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) is one of the Best Non-US Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds. On December 18, Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) released results for its fiscal Q1 2026. The company grew its ...