Farmers' Advance

12/17/2025

Read the entire Farmers' Advance newspaper on usatoday.com and farmersadvance.com.

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12/16/2025

The bridge the White House wants American taxpayers to again finance is one for it to get over their failed-again tariff policy.

12/16/2025

The package offers nothing specific to dairy farmers and opinion varies as to the market’s reaction to the latest government intervention.

12/16/2025

"JBS will permanently close a facility outside Los Angeles that prepares beef for sale at U.S. grocery stores, the world’s largest meat company said on Friday, as tight cattle supplies have raised costs for meatpackers."

12/16/2025

“‘I think these low prices are starting to take a toll on guys trying to meet their cash-flow needs,’ Illinois farmer Sherman Newlin says. For many farmers, Newlin believes the issue isn’t just about surviving until next spring – it’s about paying land rents, covering input bills coming due, and staying afloat right now.”

“‘I think these low prices are starting to take a toll on guys trying to meet their cash-flow needs,’ he says. For many farmers, Newlin believes the issue isn’t just about surviving until next spring – it’s about paying land rents, covering input bills coming due, and staying afloat righ...

12/16/2025

To help with acute anxiety, we can try the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique.

12/16/2025

“‘We’re appreciative of an economic bridge,’ Ragland said,” according to Douglas and Huffstutter’s reporting. “But the money is just ‘plugging holes and slowing the bleeding.’”

12/16/2025

"Farmers warned Monday that the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will sharply raise health insurance costs in 2026, forcing painful tradeoffs that could slow farm growth, strain rural hospitals and push some producers out of business altogether.”

12/10/2025

"Farm Journal’s November Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor, an anonymous survey, found more than three-quarters (76%) of economists surveyed say China won’t purchase that amount of soybeans this year; 24% of economists think China will.”

12/10/2025

It’s December and it’s time to actually have some winter weather. It’s an opportunity to be grateful for the upcoming change and reflect upon our recent journeys.

It’s late November and it’s time to actually have some winter weather. It’s an opportunity to be grateful for the upcoming change and reflect upon our recent journeys.

12/10/2025

Producers remain cautious as capital investment sentiment slipped further and fewer farmers view today as a good time to expand.

12/10/2025

There is a lot of talk about affordability these days. Various polls indicate consumers are not happy and blaming the president.