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LivestockBird flu has been confirmed in two connected dairy herds in Newton County, Indiana, after bulk milk testing flagged it, ending the state's unaffected status and triggering quarantines and a 10-kilometre surveillance zone.
AgribusinessA Purdue analysis of FINBIN farm records from 2007 to 2025 found operating profit margins of about 20 per cent whatever the acreage, with large farms ahead only on asset turnover, a lead that has shrunk over time.
LivestockIn a Soy Checkoff-funded commercial trial, pigs fed grow-finish diets higher in soybean meal produced carcasses 5.5 pounds heavier during heat stress than pigs on the farm's earlier high-energy ration, at a lower feed cost per pig.
LivestockCoBank economist Brian Earnest says about one in four US households has a GLP-1 user, and their buying favours protein-dense chicken and smaller, higher-quality beef portions, adding to demand for lean imported beef.
CropsNASS corrected Kansas and Nebraska corn data after a processing error, raising Nebraska's September yield from 177 to 182 bushels an acre, but left its October forecast of 181.2 bushels and a 16-billion-bushel crop unchanged.
AgrotechThe Soy Transportation Coalition's free online calculator weighs grain prices against hauling costs; at $6.30 diesel, its example shows a nearer buyer paying 15 cents a bushel less becoming the more profitable choice.
CropsStoneX's Josh Linville says disruption in the Strait of Hormuz threatens urea, ammonia, phosphate and sulfur supplies, while about 90% of US potash imports depend on trade with Canada.
VegetablesPurdue horticulture scientist Stephen Meyers says pumpkin fields are prepared in the fall on cover crops, and growers then face months of weeds, powdery mildew, bacterial spot and insects before harvest.
LivestockWith fall migration under way, USDA Under Secretary Dudley Hoskins warned that wild birds spread highly pathogenic avian influenza along every US flyway and asked producers to limit visitors and keep stock away from wild birds.
CropsSupplies are strong, says the Propane Education & Research Council, but delivery is the pinch point if drying demand peaks across the US at once, so farmers are urged to plan ahead.
AgribusinessAbout $11 billion in direct assistance, $10 billion for economic losses and $1.1 billion for winter freeze damage, is being pushed into a defense spending package, but payments could take months.
AgribusinessWith Congress on a month-long campaign recess and the last extension expired, the Senate agriculture chairman says the farm bill may not pass; a dispute over SNAP penalties remains a sticking point.
LivestockThe Senate Agriculture Committee left Proposition 12 out of its farm bill, but the National Pork Producers Council says the House bill's provision could survive when the two versions are merged in conference.
