The No. 7 article of DTN's Top Ag Stories of 2025 revisits how the Trump administration used its DOGE initiative to slash government spending and eliminate staff. Agriculture and farmers were in the middle of the fallout as contracts were canceled or checks delayed while thousands of employees left USDA.
Southeast cattle producers faced a wet spring preventing hay production, then summer drought. Variable weather continues with winter cover crop grazing planned and a warmer spring forecast.
No. 8 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of the Year focuses on how New World screwworm prevention is the focus of the livestock industry, while the closest case during the year was 70 miles from the U.S. border.
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Many areas in the Intermountain West and Plains will hit records, while
others may see too much cloud cover that will leave them behind. Northern areas
will be warm, but not near records.
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United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on Dec. 1, 2025, was 75.5
million head. This was up 1% from Dec. 1, 2024, and up slightly from Sept. 1,
2025, USDA NASS reported on Tuesday.
I^USDA Dec. 1 Hogs and Pigs Report
Recent sales results from Kankakee County, Illinois; Sioux County, Iowa;
Finney County, Kansas; and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
=^Landwatch Weekly
DTN's Senior Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger enjoys preparing prime
rib for Christmas and she makes arguments for the emotional attachment and
practical benefits of doing so.
1^Minding Ag's Business
May the holidays bring the focus back on what truly is important in life.
With that perspective helping to offset the daily stresses one must navigate.
:^Canada Markets
