Jake Zajkowski

Farm groups and other agribusiness interests and rural electric cooperatives have given nearly $27 million congressional campaigns so far, with nearly two-thirds of that amount going to Republicans.

Agri-Pulse’s annual CEO report details compensation packages for more than 150 executives, based on IRS 990 reports filed this year for salaries paid in 2023 or 2022. The latest reports show a median salary of $460,000, an increase of 8.2% over the median salary disclosed in reports filed in 2023. 

Distressed borrowers will be able to defer one annual loan installment at a reduced interest rate and take advantage of a simplified application process for Farm Service Agency loans.

AGCO has agreed to sell most of its grain and protein business for $700 million to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor worth $16 billion, in an all-cash transaction.