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Going into the final weeks of the year, many growers across the country are shouldering significant financial strain from land rent payments, rising input costs, and efforts to stay in business and viable until commodity prices improve.
Reflecting a marked decline in expectations as margins tighten, ag lenders surveyed in mid-2025 report only around 52% of their farm-business borrowers will remain profitable this year.
As fertilizer prices and demand hold firm this fall, Josh Linville with Stone X Group warns prices could climb higher if reported government aid payments arrive this year.
Strong production numbers and government policies support the thesis of higher costs for longer.
Here’s how accelerated consolidation could change the way agriculture looks in the future.
The company leaders say this acquisition highlights the trend of partnering institutional and asset management firms with specialized farm management companies.
The latest FBN report gives price and supply outlooks for five active ingredients: glyphosate, glufosinate, 2,4-D ester, atrazine, and S-metolachlor.
As farmers harvest their 2025 crop, post-harvest logistics are growing in complexity as elevators fill, river levels are low and trade destinations are unknown.
October is a big month for barge transportation on the Mississippi River, but restrictions are in place and the weather forecast shows little promise for improving water levels.
There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but we might not see it completely turn around for two to three years,” says Grant Gardner, University of Kentucky ag economist.