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  • The US No Loss Crop Sector Safety Net
    Consistent with “Crop Loss” headlines dating to 2023, combined loss at harvest totaled $28.1 billion for producing the US 2025 cost of production crops (barley, corn, oats, peanuts, rice, seed cotton, sorghum, soybeans, wheat). However, all but $3.7 billion of this loss was covered by the US crop safety net. Moreover, the nine crops collectively […]
  • Conservation Policy: The Baseline Shuffle and Tradeoffs in the Bardo
    October marks the beginning of the federal fiscal year, which is payment season for farm policy (USDA, October 7, 2026; Farm Policy News, October 19, 2026). Payments are made in…

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Zimmer Seed celebrates 85 years with DEKALB

“The No. 1 thing is we’ve enjoyed working with our neighbors and area farmers and helping them improve profitability, not only with seed but through services,” said Doug Zimmer. It’s a relationship that dates back generations across a tri-county area of west central Illinois as Zimmer Seed celebrated its 85th anniversary selling DEKALB Seed at a recent field day.   Read more

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IFB reiterates call for EPA to withdraw PFAS proposal

In comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr. said classifying any category of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as “hazardous substances” under a certain federal law would come with a range of consequences for farmers.   Read more

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Machinery Pete: Used equipment inventory rebounding

The pandemic created all sorts of widely reported supply chain issues, which impacted production of new equipment. That’s led to a the meteoric rise in equipment market values in recent years.“ It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen (since beginning his Machinery Pete business in 1989),” said Greg Peterson, the used farm equipment guru known as Machinery Pete.   Read more

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