As we get close to saying goodbye to 2024, it is a perfect time to reflect on a year that brought challenges to both producers and the agri-business community. As is often the case, weather and trade seemed to make headlines regularly in Farm News.

This issue of Farm News includes a 2024 Year in Review section. Regular readers of this newspaper will recognize that our writing team covered these stories thoroughly as they developed. Now, however, it is possible — with the perspective time affords — to see how each fits into the mosaic of a news-filled year.

The year’s key developments are addressed in the special retrospective section.

The events of most interest and significance to individual readers will vary. Our mission as a newspaper specializing in the agricultural world is to bring news and information about an eclectic mix of topics to those who make Farm News part of their lives.

As 2025 unfolds, our commitment to being the region’s most-trusted source of such news will remain the top priority for our reporting team.

We hope even more readers will turn to Farm News in 2025 to stay up-to-date on everything related to farming, agribusiness and rural life. It promises to be an eventful year, and the team at Farm News is ready to bring our readers all of the latest information.