Tuesday, July 15, 2025 4:13PM CDT
While more farmers are leaning on bank financing for 2025, others are finding it tough to stay in business. Farm banks are well-situated to support increased loan demand as capital levels and profitability grew in 2024.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 1:11PM CDT
Bipartisan legislation increases funding for farmer mental health services as rural America faces a crisis with farmers 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population.
Monday, July 14, 2025 3:55PM CDT
Corn was rated 74% in good-to-excellent condition, and soybeans were rated 70% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, July 13. Winter wheat harvest reached 63% complete.
December corn on Monday is under severe pressure again and for about the eighth time is challenging the support area of $4.33 to $4.34. The more a chart point is challenged, the mo...
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Soybean oil's percent contribution of the combined soybean crush value over the past 30 years along with the average and plus and minus one and two standard deviation lines.
The budget reconciliation bill includes a provision that will allow USDA to add 30 million acres of new base acres to farm programs. Under the changes, farmers who have planted com...
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While more farmers are leaning on bank financing for 2025, others are finding it tough to stay in business. Farm banks are well-situated to support increased loan demand as capital...
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The weather through much of the U.S. east of the Rockies has been active with seasonable temperatures. But a ridge developing over the South this week could be the catalyst for maj...
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Biofuels groups praise EPA's "strongest-ever" RFS proposal, while urging proper handling of small-refinery exemptions to maintain the 15-billion-gallon commitment.
The University of Illinois lab responsible for innovations such as short stature corn and super sweet varieties of sweet corn is in jeopardy of closure. A vital soybean seed lab is...
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Limited supplies and strong demand have been the biggest reasons why both the live cattle and feeder cattle markets have traded higher, and why for now the market will likely remai...
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Soil moisture is below normal in many of Brazil's safrinha corn growing areas. A drier outlook for April puts that corn crop at a higher risk of drought and damage.
As presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to make Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary of Health and Human Services and said he'd let Kennedy "go wild on the food." And so Kenned...
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DTN/Progressive Farmer recently talked with Trimble PTx Senior Product Manager Dinen Subramaniam about Trimble PTx's award-winning OutRun autonomous technology. Available now as an...
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With corn export commitments to date only being exceeded once in the last 25 years (and barely), the USDA should be increasing its export estimate again on Friday.
September corn is down 3 cents and August soybeans are down 3 3/4 cents. December corn is down 3 cents and November soybeans are down 3 1/4 cents. September KC wheat is down 1 3/4 cents, September Chicago wheat is down 2 1/2 cents, and September MIAX Minneapolis wheat is up 1 1/4 cents.
The livestock complex suffered substantial losses Monday with significant declines in both cattle and hogs. Beef demand seems to be showing a seasonal downtrend as boxed beef prices decline. Hog futures and cutouts have been unable to find support, indicating a lack of demand.