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The article states that profit for U.S. farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. declined by 40 percent during its July 2015-ended fiscal third quarter. According to the article, Deere predicted on August 21, 2015, that farming cash receipts in the U.S. will decline by seven percent in 2015 and were likely to decline in 2016 due to lower crop prices and weaker foreign demand, which lessened demand for new farm equipment. The article presents comments from Deere director of investor relations Tony Huegel.

The article reports on the decline of farmland values in parts of the U.S. Midwest in the third quarter of 2015 due to a downdraft in the agricultural sector driven by lower crop prices, according to the Federal Reserve System.

The article discusses the impact of low prices for grains and soybeans on food production company Cargill's earnings, focusing on how bumper crops could influence farmers to sell more of their crops.

The article discusses the global agricultural economy as of August 2012, with a focus on a storm in northern China which may damage corn and soybean crops, the effects of drought in the U.S. Midwestern states on corn prices, and forecasts for food inflation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The article discusses how drought in states known as the Farm Belt, such as Nebraska, South Dakota, and Illinois, has caused a rise in prices on crops like corn and soybeans.

The article discusses forecasts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the corn and soybean harvest in the fall of 2012 after a summer of drought in the Midwest states, with a focus on rising crop prices and low crop yields.