DTN Crops Editor Jason Jenkins has been on several wheat tours, but this past year's event in Kansas produced some memorable moments. The story assignment was Jenkins' favorite of 2025.
No. 2 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of the Year focuses on how, in 2025, both corn and soybeans could record all-time high average yields, and they could have been even higher had late-season dryness and disease not "took the top off" the crop.
The Trump administration and 12 states are seeking an October 2026 trial date against Syngenta and Corteva, alleging they paid distributors to block generic pesticides.
The current farm downturn is stretching into its fourth year. Farmers, economists and others are increasingly split over whether repeated cycles of ad-hoc aid is enough. There are growing questions over whether policymakers should look at ways to confront overproduction or crop demand as well.
