Leaders of the House of Representatives Coronavirus Subcommittee announced Monday they're taking up an investigation into the steps the nation's largest meatpacking companies took in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely ensuring the health and safety of plant workers.

In a hearing that will likely feature a lot of discussion about COVID-19 relief payments, the future of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and new efforts to integrate farming practices that can lower the industry's carbon footprint are likely topics during Tuesday's scheduled confirmation hearings for Tom Vilsack as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Though corn has gotten many of the latest headlines relating to bullish grain price movement, there's a lot of upside potential unfolding in the soybean market right now.

Some parts of the western U.S., Ohio River Valley and Midwest got some major precipitation in the winter weather systems that moved through the country last week, delivering some drought relief especially for the parched western U.S.

The Senate Agriculture Committee is slated to begin the confirmation process for Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack on Tuesday, but that isn't a sure thing.

Farmers generally had access to a relatively limited pool of insecticide chemistries, experienced growing herbicide resistance among some pests and…

It's a common market dynamic; crop inputs often follow crop prices higher (though many observe the same doesn't necessarily always happen when prices are moving the other direction), and that's happening in the fertilizer market.

There weren't a lot of changes in Thursday's update to the U.S. Drought Monitor Map, with the most notable ones being the growth of "moderate drought" conditions in South Dakota.

A lot of farmers cut back on machinery purchases when grain prices were bearish in the last few years. But now that prices have bounced back, a lot of pent-up machinery demand is reaching fruition in increasing sales.

A duo of global factors is upping the bar for the corn market this week, with the announcement of strong export sales to China and a looming transportation strike in Brazil, a major grain export competitor for the U.S.