"The challenge for agriculture and other rural industries that rely heavily on global markets is their export partners simply can’t afford to buy U.S. products,” said Rob Fox, director of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange. “When you combine the loss of exports with a general slowdown in the U.S. economy, it’s a double whammy for many businesses operating in rural America.”

Work by the House or Senate Agriculture Committee on a new farm bill is essentially stalled, says Randy Russell — and that could be the case until government funding issues are resolved.

Two organizations share why we might see a decline in cash rent values in 2024.

In the past decade, the retail giant has built a series of milk processing plants to control production of one of the most price-sensitive grocery commodities. The new plant in Valdosta, Ga., will provide milk to more than 750 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in Georgia and neighboring states.