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Tractor applying anhydrous ammonia in a harvested cornfield at sunset, beside a farm path where families walk to a red barn, a pumpkin stand and a guest cabin

Ammonia Just Hit $875 a Ton and It's Eating Your Diesel Aid. The Farms That Won't Feel It Sell Something Else

Midwest anhydrous ammonia has jumped from about $600 to $875 a ton since June, and farm groups say it is eating the $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief aid. Here is the per-acre math, and the nitrogen-free farm income that does not move when fertilizer does.

Stephen Loke

8 min read

Worried US farmer holding papers beside a sunny farm where families enjoy a paid hay wagon tour, showing the farm bill stall versus visitor income

Washington Has 5 Weeks and No Deal: Why the Farm Bill Stall Means Your Farm Needs Income Congress Can't Touch

Congress has about five weeks and no farm bill deal, stuck on SNAP cost-sharing. Here is what is on hold, what keeps running, and the visitor income a stalled bill cannot touch.

Stephen Loke

12 min read

Farmer at a fence reading a newspaper about the 2026 midterm elections beside a harvested field, with the US Capitol in the distance and a family farm stand and pick-your-own orchard on the right

2026 Midterm Elections: What Farmers Must Know Now That Washington Has Changed Hands (and the One Income Stream That Doesn't Wait on Congress)

Democrats won the House and Senate on November 3. Here's what changes for your farm in the next 60 days and the next two years, what likely won't, and why income that doesn't depend on Washington matters more than ever.

Stephen Loke

23 min read