AgribusinessWith on-highway diesel at a national average of $6.38 a gallon and farm diesel near $6 in the Corn Belt, the American Farm Bureau Federation wants the federal highway diesel tax suspended during harvest.
Market ManagementAmerican Farm Bureau economists tracked 41 grocery stores in 22 states and found the average price of 80% lean ground beef slipped from $7.29 to $7.13 a pound.
AgribusinessKalshi added a commodities tab in April and briefly listed corn, soybean, wheat and cattle contracts; a Farm Bureau economist and the University of Illinois's Scott Irwin weigh the promise for small farms against unsettled regulation.
