Farmers Increase Wheat Plantings for First Time in 8 Years
New USDA data show farmers are planting more wheat acres this fall as market prices surge on strong demand.
7 Steps to Manage Through Drought
Much of the western half of the U.S. is facing drought conditions right now while weather forecasters continue watching the development of a La Niña system in the Pacific Ocean for ideas on the duration and severity of the dry weather pattern from the High Plains to the west coast.
Is New Iron on Your Holiday Shopping List? You’re Not Alone
New data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers show more farmers are looking to make new machinery and equipment purchases between now and the end of the calendar year.
Soybean Export Sales Stall While Corn, Wheat Sales Continue
The global grain export market is the primary driver of domestic corn, soybean and wheat prices in the U.S. right now.
Sharing U.S. Agriculture’s Bounty Around the World
Thanksgiving is a time when U.S. farmers, consumers and families around the country briefly pause break bread and express our…
Farmers Up Winter Wheat Plantings for First Time in 8 Years
Improving corn and soybean prices have gotten much of the market’s attention lately. At the same time, bullish fundamentals have…
Merchandising Grain on the Cash Basis Market During ‘Storage Season’
Though fall row crop harvest and winter wheat planting is generally in the books for 2020, marketing those crops is…
Ag, Biofuel Groups Seek RFS Restoration in the Court
A group of agricultural and ethanol and biodiesel organizations joined forces this week in an effort to restore a half-billion-gallon…
Why Grain Prices are Surging and What It Will Take For The Rally to Last
A shorter U.S. crop than many expected earlier in the year, continued strong export demand and developing weather challenges in…
China Growing Into Major Beef Export Partner
The nation’s U.S. soybean imports have gotten most of the headlines in the agricultural world in the last year or…