A lawsuit filed recently by the executrix of a southern Illinois farm estate has grown to a class action alleging a group of crop input providers — including some of the world's largest seed and chemical companies — used practices "denying farmers accurate product information, including pricing information."

Brisk winds in the upper atmosphere will help propel low-pressure systems from the Pacific Ocean and "clipper" systems from Canada across the U.S. in they next two days, delivering considerable snowfall to parts of the northern Plains and Midwest while a high pressure is likely to bring rainfall to the Southeast.

Rising corn and soybean prices are contributing to improving revenue prospects for row crop farmers.

Though domestic supplies have helped drive the latest rally in the grain markets, demand from China as that nation continues to rebuild its hog herd will likely be the major fundamental driver of prices and, in turn, revenue for producers in 2021, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economists said at the organization's convention this week.

Twenty years ago, Walmart didn't see Amazon.com, then primarily an online book-seller, as a potential competitor.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to how light was shed on some of the issues, things like rural infrastructure (including rural broadband), farm labor and sustainability will remain major priorities once the pandemic is under control.

The grain stocks and annual crop production data released by USDA Tuesday showed tightening supplies and lower 2020 crop output and sparked limit-up price action in both corn and soybean markets.

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Final 2020 crop output numbers and grain stocks estimates are just a couple of the reports being released Tuesday by USDA, and ones the marketplace will be watching closely.

After industry groups filed a lawsuit against recently against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) waivers that keep them from integrating ethanol and biodiesel into their fuel output, more waivers are now expected to come as early as this week.