Multi-generational farm families store history in vignettes. The stage remains the same, but the actors change. For Thomas Atwood, his story involves dropping a hornet’s nest down his stepmother’s dress, running for the fields and never returning home. The epic tale unfolds with 7’ giants, snuff-chewing women, hymnal chunkers, cash hordes and entrepreneurial geniuses.

The latest America's Farms and Ranches at a Glance report from USDA offers insights into how row crop growers are making a go of it financially in 2025.

Matthew Grassi, technoogy and machinery editor, recently attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for a first-hand look at AI agents that aggregate billions of data points on-demand to help farmers make informed management decisions, augmented versus full autonomy and some crazy concept vehicles you’ll have to see to believe.

U.S. biofuels and corn groups criticize the overall guidance as lacking details on what qualifies for tax credits.