Love them or hate them, participants other than those directly involved with a commodity use futures markets for various purposes. In the coming months, commodity index traders could be the best hope there is for higher grain and oilseed prices.
After years of facing a declining safety net under the 2018 farm bill, the 2025 budget reconciliation package boosts spending for farm programs. The bill also includes a mix of tax provisions that farmers and other small businesses can use to invest in equipment, pass on their farms to heirs, or buy and sell farmland under more favorable terms.
Syngenta Crop Protection LLC was joined by CropLife America in a petition to the Supreme Court seeking intervention in ongoing paraquat-Parkinson's lawsuits.
Farm labor won't be programmed away by the promises of intelligent technologies, according to experts and producers.
Mentorship programs provide crucial knowledge transfer as agriculture faces an aging workforce.
Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the third week in a row, no fertilizer was priced considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.
USDA on Monday announced a phased reopening of Mexican border ports for livestock starting July 7, following successful New World Screwworm control efforts. After dispersing over 100 million sterile flies weekly since the May closure, officials will implement a risk-based approach with increased surveillance as Mexico begins renovating its sterile fly facility.
Corn was rated 73% in good-to-excellent condition, and soybeans were rated 66% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, June 29. Winter wheat harvest reached 37% complete.
USDA released its June Acreage and quarterly Grain Stocks reports on Monday.
We will watch for any market news to turn the bearish tide on commodities, starting with the USDA Grain Stocks report Monday. Weather continues to be good for most crop growing regions of the U.S.
A federal court denied John Deere's attempt to dismiss an FTC antitrust lawsuit alleging the company illegally restricts farmers' ability to repair their own equipment.
The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday allowing immediate E15 sales. A vote is pending in the state senate.
