When Hurricane Delta made landfall late last week, it brought major rainfall to the Delta region, coming at a bad time for cotton farmers.

Corn harvest is within reach of the midway point and farmers are almost 2/3 of the way finished with soybean harvest, according to Tuesday's holiday-delayed weekly USDA Crop Progress report.

For spring calvers in much of cattle country, October is a key month for calf weaning and cow culling, the latter representing around 20% of total commercial cow/calf gross income.

The world's far from running out of corn, but global supplies have seen a marked decline since reaching their highest levels in the last 20 years in the 2016-2017 marketing year.

As corn farmers race to get the 2020 crop in the bin, those affected by the derecho storm system that moved through the Midwest in early August face a compounding factor in getting the grain dried down and prepared for long-term storage...if it's even available.

Strong winds and extremely low relative humidity are driving National Weather Service (NWS) Red Flag Warnings for fire danger in portions of Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma as fall harvest continues.

Accounting for all relevant variables like feed costs, breakeven prices and net return estimates for 2020 and 2021, cattle finishing…

Accounting for crop quality ratings similar to those used by USDA in its crop progress reporting, a new model indicates while there's still some variability ahead, corn and soybean yields should generally yield slightly above trend this year.

The results of a recent USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) study show that cash grain marketing is still the primary…

Federal officials are releasing their monthly USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report Friday morning, data that could put a cap on the recent grain market rally if grain supply numbers are on the high side.