Following a few turbulent years that included a pandemic, rapid inflation, rising interest rates, a supply chain meltdown and high input costs, agriculture is hoping to find softer soil as it marches through mid-decade.

This fall, Farm Journal’s Chip Flory and Michelle Rook traveled to a port in Washington and another in Louisiana. Here's what they learned about two very different ports with two very important jobs.

For hedgers, such as Jon Scheve, a farmer who produces the commodity with a futures sale, margin calls are not bad. Here's how to use margin calls for risk management and to increase profits.