Workforce reductions and hiring restrictions at USDA's Farm Service Agency
and Natural Resources Conservation Service are leaving local offices
understaffed, reducing services and stretching remaining employees thin.
BInside a USDA Staff Shortage
In late July, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed more than 400 pages
of new material with the Surface Transportation Board responding to the STB's
order requesting supplemental information about their proposed merger
transaction.
BCash Market Moves
2026 DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates Indiana corn at 202.2 bushels per
acre (bpa) and soybeans at 61.7 bpa.
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2026 DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates Ohio corn at 191.9 bushels per acre
(bpa) and soybeans at 55.4 bpa.
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Practical Farmers of Iowa hosted a Beginning Farmer Business Workshop on
Monday, drawing 27 beginning farmers looking to tally costs, map goals and
create plans for businesses they want to build or are currently building.
BPFI Workshop Inspires Beginning Farmers