Farmers head into 2026 facing uncertain trade and crop prices — but beef remains a bright spot ^82%

STLPR (St. Louis Public Radio) - By Anna Pope - 12/23/2025, 10:00 AM

Many farmers are entering 2026 in a tight spot. Crop growers in the Midwest and Great Plains are grappling with low crop prices. Scott Irwin, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign agricultural economist, said there's been a stretch of general losses in corn, soybeans and wheat. Row-crop producers have lost a combined $34.6 billion... more