Nonstop rain and overland flooding in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota are dampening the hopes of farmers wanting to get all their intended wheat, durum and other crops planted.

Speculator selling briefly took July hogs below $100, but it looks like packer demand responded quickly to help prices regain support.

Long-term CME soybean meal/corn ratio on per ton basis with average and plus and minus one and two standard deviations from January 1990 to the present.

The House Agriculture Committee advanced several bills in areas, including a bill that would create a special investigator office at USDA to investigate meatpacking market manipula... [Read Full Blog]

A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City finds that a record number of operating loans surpassed $1 million in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting soaring pri... [Read Full Blog]

Low hay and pasture supply could force extensive western U.S. cow herd liquidation.

EPA is expected to officially announce on Monday a settlement with Growth Energy that will require the agency to propose 2023 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes by Sept. 16.

The explosive growth of domestic soybean crush that will consume hundreds of millions of bushels of soybeans is a game changer for farmers and the industry.

Packers know that the market favors their position for now, but when the cattle that are currently fed get worked through, the cash market is going to drastically change to favor f... [Read Full Blog]

Southern Brazil has escaped the greatest risk of frost this week thanks to cloud cover and elevated winds. Skies clear out and calm down for Friday and Saturday, which may still br... [Read Full Blog]

Demand for labor is strong, but the labor force participation rate still hasn't returned to where it was before the pandemic. Should the boomers be blamed?

It's been a tough 2022 for U.S. farmers in the market for equipment. Farm equipment prices -- new and used -- are only going up while supplies are going down.

This study looks at recent weather maps indicating wet springs, along with Statistics Canada's summerfallow acre estimates and the change in seeded acres from the March Intentions... [Read Full Blog]

During an international video meeting of agricultural journalists this week, a Ukrainian ag journalist gave a glimpse of some of the challenges farmers as well as journalists are f... [Read Full Blog]