TOP AG NEWS
Forecaster: Recent Precipitation Likely Delivered Drought Improvements
While drought conditions are still common from the High Plains west, the system that moved through the country last week…
Planting Survey: 92.8 Million Corn Acres, 90.3 Million Soybean Acres in 2021
With USDA’s Prospective Plantings report coming in about two weeks, analysts are sharing their own estimates for this year’s corn…
Cotton Farmers Prepare for 2021 Season After Reduced 2020 Output
Cotton variety trials across a range of geographies and growing conditions in Texas in 2020 were challenged by adverse weather…
Higher Fed Cattle Prices Ahead as Market Works Through Strong Supplies
Massive snowfall over the weekend in the west and front range of the Rocky Mountains, tornado activity in parts of…
Tractor Sales Surge, Combine Sales Slow Down
Improved grain market prices, especially compared to a year ago, have farmers buying a lot more tractors, according to data…
China ASF Slowly Declining U.S. Soybean Meal Demand
Last week’s USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report left grain export demand numbers basically unchanged, which wasn’t…
Moisture a Major Weather Feature to Start the Week
A slow-moving low-pressure system delivered precipitation from the Rocky Mountains through the central and southern Plains and into the Corn…
Lawmakers Seek Estate Tax Repeal
The estate tax, or “death tax” as many farmers call it, can sometimes force farmers and farm owners to liquidate…
Proposed Duties Could Complicate Spring Fertilizer Price Problem for Farmers
It’s no secret crop fertilizer prices have skyrocketed in recent months along with grain prices. The recent confirmation of duties…
Shoud we Expect a Wild Week for Grain Prices?
Even though the USDA data report released earlier this week typically pales in comparison to the influence on grain prices…