For nearly 30 years, the loudest argument about GMOs has circled a single point: Are they safe to eat?
That’s the wrong question.
The scientific answer has been steady for a long time: Yes, the GMO crops on the market are as safe to eat as conventional ones.
Read MoreA federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. While the decision reaffirmed an earlier lower court ruling, the tariffs themselves remain in place for now.
Read MoreMachinery cost estimates for 2025 have been released and are available in the Management section on the farmdoc website. Machinery costs are updated every two years, with the last update occurring in 2023. As is usual, estimated machinery costs have increased, with most increases in the 1% to 14% range. The increases from 2023 to 2025 are less than the increases estimated between 2021 and 2023, when many costs increased by as much as 30%.
Read MoreGrowing great land and cattle in the semitropical sandy soils outside New Iberia, La., is a generational touchstone for the Gonsoulin family. Shannon Gonsoulin and his wife, Toni, represent the most recent group of Gonsoulins ranching on family ground — a tradition beginning in 1784, when French land surveyor Jean Francios de Beaumelle Gonsoulin became the first family member to register the F2 brand.
Read MoreParish Tractor, a provider of agriculture and construction equipment solutions, has acquired Ascension Equipment & Rental in Gonzales, Louisiana. The deal marks the company’s entry into the Louisiana market and expands its total network to eight locations, including sites in Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and now Louisiana.
Read MoreSouthwest Louisiana continues rebuilding five years after Hurricane Laura made landfall. Calcasieu Parish President Judd Bares says months after the vicious storm, the parish developed a long-term hurricane recovery plan which helped produce a more resilient and upgraded infrastructure system.
Read MoreIn early August, a Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador was diagnosed with New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite — being the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S.
Although the case was an isolated incident, the infection had many wondering if the flesh-eating maggot could spread to more people.
Read MoreCountry star and Louisiana native Lainey Wilson is seemingly everywhere these days, and now, she'll be incorporated into corn mazes across America.
The current CMA Entertainer of the Year will be tributized at a total of 36 farms across the United States and Canada, inviting guests to "Get Lost with Lainey" in their corn maze this year.
Read MoreThe Trump administration last week moved to disrupt how wages are set for temporary guest workers on farms.
Groups representing farm employers are praising the moves, which they say will provide labor relief to farmers, though groups representing farm workers will likely challenge the decisions in court.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for September 2025, which are effective Sept. 1, 2025. USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
Read MoreSeptember is a time of many beginnings: the start of the new school year, football season kickoff, the return of pumpkin spice and cooler weather, and in the rice industry it is the beginning of National Rice Month (NRM). This year marks the 35th anniversary of the month-long national celebration.
Read MoreAfter Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated Louisiana and brought billions of dollars of damage to the state, lawmakers worked with researchers, engineers and others to create and implement new codes and laws in an attempt to prevent such serious damage happening again.
Read MoreThis report projects corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice futures prices for the United States for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. Our analysis utilizes historical data on both cash prices (the price for immediate delivery) and futures prices (the price agreed upon for delivery at a future date).
We aggregate the daily futures prices into quarterly averages to simplify our analysis. Using this dataset, we train several machine learning models to predict futures prices for all four commodities.
Read MoreThe National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is concerned about the tough financial reality facing many farmers today. While NCGA maintains a persistent focus on driving additional sources of demand for U.S. corn in effort to improve the outlook, it is also analyzing input costs that remain near record highs. This is Part 2 of a three-part series highlighting the financial challenges facing corn farmers and a deeper look at the cost of growing corn.
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