Friday, November 14, 2025 4:51PM CST
The funding bill passed this week by Congress rewrites the 2018 farm bill's provisions on hemp to end the unregulated sale of hemp-based products. That provision could upset an industry created around those products, including thousands of farmers.
Friday, November 14, 2025 11:30AM CST
USDA released its November Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Friday.
Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:24PM CST
USDA last week conducted what it billed as the largest trade mission in the department's history to Mexico, conducting more than 500 business meetings in three days. The department also announced the opening of a new Tampico facility that will aerially disperse sterile flies.
The soybean market has been on a solid bull run since mid-October with the active January contract rallying as much as $1.20 per bushel, bottom to top, during that time. The rally...
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Livestock producers have until Nov. 21 to enroll in the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW). The programs have already p...
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The Trump administration granted 14 small-refinery exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2021 to 2024, potentially releasing 2.5 billion biofuels credits into the markets...
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A combination of technical and fundamental clues suggests the worst should be behind the cattle market with it now time to try to rebuild confidence along with price.
A front that moves through Argentina and southern Brazil this weekend is forecast to produce widespread precipitation. But that may be the last one for a while, with drier trends i...
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China's years-long efforts to dominate industrial supply chains has left American manufacturers dangerously overdependent on Chinese ingredients and components.
A combination of technical and fundamental clues suggests the worst should be behind the cattle market with it now time to try to rebuild confidence along with price.
Discussing farm financing is difficult but necessary. Farmers often need supportive financing tools and programs to navigate challenges. Additionally, numerous strategies and advic...
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December corn is up 1 1/2 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 9 3/4 cents, March KC wheat is up 3 1/2 cents, December Chicago wheat is up 5 cents, and MIAX March Minneapolis wheat is up 0.0425 cents.
Livestock futures closed the week on a positive note, but trader excitement may be difficult to unfold Monday. The lower cash prices for cattle have been absorbed, with little reason to be excited over cash this week. Hog futures held support, but have little reason to trend higher.