TOP AG NEWS
The Straight and Narrow Path Won’t Be the Road Cattle Take
Cattlemen and analysts are a lot alike — we love it when the market is healthy, cringe when it’s compromised,…
U.S., China Trade Issues-Meeting Phase One Targets a “‘Herculean Task”
Emiko Terazono and Sun Yu reported today at The Financial Times Online that, “Brazil’s soyabean shipments to China hit a monthly record of more…
The Impact of Late Planting on U.S. Average Corn Yield
A perennial question in the corn market is how much does late planting hurt yield. This is just the flip-side…
Farmland Values Steady Amid Shift to Online Auctions
As many land auctions have moved online over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, prices for quality farmland have appeared…
USDA to Host Webinar for Producers Interested in Applying for Direct Payments Through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will host a webinar on…
Legislation for Cash Cattle
As packing plants and livestock markets have been put under a microscope, some senators are introducing legislation to mandate large…
Pandemic Relief Update-Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
The most recent legislation enacted by Congress for relief during the Covid-19 pandemic has clarified that farmers are eligible for…
What Red Ink?
First, let’s stipulate that most of Farm Futures readers are men, and that most of them grew up in the…
USDA Estimates Whopping Stocks-to-Use Ratio for Corn
USDA released its first detailed forecast of the 2020-21 crop projections with a 15.99 billion-bushel (bb) corn crop that would…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
U.S. corn planting slowed somewhat last week but still ended the week well ahead of last year and the five-year…