Archive for the "Ag Markets" Tag

Starting today, August 9th, two new USDA Market News reports will provide additional cattle market transparency to help promote fair and competitive […]

By Christopher Wolf – The author is professor of agriculture, food, and resource economics at Cornell University. It is no secret that […]

THE OLD ECONOMIC AXIOM STILL HOLDS: LOW PRICES CURE LOW PRICES. 2020 will go down as one of the strangest years in […]

China is stepping up its purchases of U.S. farm exports, but it will not meet the ambitious sales goals of the “phase […]

The U.S. corn crop’s good-to-excellent rating fell last week due to significant rating declines for several major corn-producing states, USDA NASS said […]

Crop tour estimates and derecho damage brought USDA corn production forecasts for the 2020 crop under question over the last week.  While […]

Cotton acreage in California is down significantly from the previous year. Poor grower prices and water availability are largely to blame for […]

The soybean-to-corn price ratio is often used as one of several tools in measuring profitability of soybeans and corn. The current ratio […]

Is your crop mix in need of a little boost? The answer may lie in a better understanding of consumer food trends. […]

Wall Street Journal writer Kirk Maltais reported on Saturday that, “Following a growing season last year filled with battering rainfall and bitter trade wars, U.S. farmers […]