Wheat Takes Export Spotlight
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Reminders of Chinese tariffs on U.S. farm exports are rarely far from the mind of the market... Full Story
Weekly Export Sales: U.S. grain exports continue to disappoint
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Fall weather has been cooling down in recent... Full Story
Smaller Crops Boost Prices
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Grain futures are higher this morning after USDA... Full Story
USDA Crop Progress: Harvest Moves Ahead
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - If combines aren’t already rolling near you, chances are they will be soon according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report... Full Story
USDA Crop Progress: Soybean Quality Up, Corn Steady
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Bucking expectations, USDA indicated in its latest... Full Story
Weekly Grain Movement – Spring season finishes with mild sales
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - The summer season... Full Story
NAFTA Adds Value to U.S. Dairy Products
Category: Dairy
(Farm Futures) - Mexico is the No. 1 market for U.S. dairy product exports, accounting for one-fourth of total U.S. exports... Full Story
National Farmers Union Launches Farm Bill Campaign
Category: Farm Bill
(Farm Futures) - National Farmers Union and Farmers Union state divisions have developed a digital... Full Story
Taking a Closer Look at Food Labels
Category: Food Safety, Miscellaneous
(Farm Futures) - What's in a label? Good question as USDA's Economic Research Service found out when it undertook a review of food labeling and the impact... Full Story
Morning Market Review
Category: Uncategorized
(Farm Futures) - Grain futures are mostly higher this morning, finding support from better export news... Full Story
USDA exports – Corn, Soybean, Wheat Sales Increase
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, USDA
(Farm Futures) - Corn, soybean and wheat export sales released on Thursday were higher for the week and topped trade forecasts. China was again the top buyer of soybeans, while Peru led buyers in corn and Taiwan in wheat... Full Story
USDA: Corn Harvest 97% vs 96% Average
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Corn harvest is nearly done as USDA on Monday reported 97% of the crop is in the bin, which... Full Story
Speakers Discuss Global Ag Economy at Export Exchange
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - There are a number of forces impacting agribusiness, Christopher Nolan Sr., managing director... Full Story
How to Market Corn When You Hate the Harvest Price
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - With current grain prices, you’d better have a good marketing plan. Every farmer I know... Full Story
USDA Announces Efforts to Diversify U.S. Ag Workforce
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - USDA announced increased federal and private-sector support to expand... Full Story
USDA: Corn 24% Harvested, Soybeans 26%
(Farm Futures) – Corn harvest advanced to 24% done and the soybean harvest inched up to 26% complete as of Sunday, with both behind the five-year averages, USDA said on Monday. While Iowa was fairly dry this past week allowing for 5.4 days for field... Full Story
USDA: Corn Stays at 74% Good/Excellent; Soybeans 73%
(Farm Futures) - Corn’s overall condition was unchanged in the latest week at 74% good to excellent... Full Story
USDA announces ag research collaboration with Israel
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - USDA announced an enhanced funding partnership with Israel to better leverage... Full Story
USDA: Corn slips to 74% good/excellent; soybeans stay at 73%
(Farm Futures) - Corn’s overall condition slipped 1 point in the latest week to 74% good to excellent, with... Full Story
USDA: Corn stays at 75% good/excellent; soybeans improve to 73%
(Farm Futures) - Corn’s overall condition was unchanged in the latest week at 75% good to excellent as the Illinois... Full Story
USDA: Corn improves to 75% good/excellent; soybeans stay at 72%
(Farm Futures) - Corn improved 1 point in the latest week... Full Story
Record crops should strain grain storage this fall
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Record corn and soybean production, along with a larger than expected wheat crop, should stretch... Full Story
USDA: Corn holds at 75% good/excellent; soybeans slips to 73%
(Farm Futures) - Corn’s condition stayed at 75% good to excellent in the latest week, while soybeans slipped 1 point Full Story
USDA: Corn 75% planted, soybeans 36%
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn planting made slow progress this past week due to rain and cool weather with 75% done Full Story
USDA: Corn planting at 64%, soybeans 23%
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn planting advanced to 64% done as of Sunday, up 19 points in a week, as farmers Full Story
As organic sales soar, producers plan expansion
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Organic producers are selling more products, according to the results of a USDA National Full Story
Corn sales slip, but on track to meet projections
(Farm Futures) - Corn export sales hit a marketing-year low of 13 million bushels this past week, but Full Story
U.S. corn improves
(Farm Futures) - Corn's national condition increased one point to 69% good to excellent as improvements in Colorado Full Story
Corn, soybean sales slip, but on pace to meet USDA targets
(Farm Futures) - Weekly corn and soybean export sales declined in the latest week but the numbers were more than what is needed on a weekly basis to meet USDA's Full Story
U.S. corn at 74% good/excellent
(Farm Futures) - Corn planting is nearly complete and the 74% that has emerged is off to an excellent start Full Story
Crop condition update: Oklahoma, Texas wheat improves
(Farm Futures) - Winter wheat conditions declined slightly in Kansas last week but improved in Oklahoma and Texas, Full Story
USDA reviews the year in grain shipping
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - The USDA last week released its year in review for agricultural shipping in the weekly grain Full Story
Corn, Soybean Export Sales Down In USDA Weekly Export Report
(Farm Futures) - Corn and soybean sales in the USDA weekly export sales report Thursday were down from the Full Story
Brazil Bumps Up Soybean Production
(Farm Futures) - Brazil said it expects to harvest 95.8 million metric tons of soybeans in 2015, an 11.2% Full Story
Holiday Market Anything But Dull
(Farm Futures) - While traders typically like to get out of Dodge well before the Thanksgiving holiday, the market as usual had Full Story
USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn Harvest at 94%, Soy 97%
(Farm Futures) - Clear weather much of the week allowed for more harvesting with the U.S. corn harvest at 94% done Full Story
U.S. Corn Harvest Jumps to 89%, Soybeans 94%
(Farm Futures) -Clear weather provided another week for swift harvesting with the U.S. corn harvest at 89% done Full Story
USDA Crop Progress and Condition Report Puts U.S. Corn at 17% Harvested
(Farm Futures) - The U.S. corn harvest advanced to 17% as of Sunday and soybean harvest went to 20%, but both Full Story
Corn, Soy, Wheat Export Sales Higher for Week
(Farm Futures) - Export sales of 2014/2015 U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat were up from the previous week, USDA's weekly Full Story
Corn Slips to 72% Good to Excellent
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn's condition slipped to 72% good to excellent from the previous week's 73% in USDA Full Story
USDA Reports Strong U.S. Corn, Soy, Wheat Exports
(Farm Futures) - Export sales last week of new-crop U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat topped expectations as lower Full Story
Corn Condition Slips 1% in USDA Crop Progress Report
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn slipped slightly to 75% good to excellent from 76% a week earlier and soybeans inched down two points to 71% in USDA's weekly crop progress and Full Story
China Buys Old-Crop Soybeans, Unknowns Buy New-Crop
(Farm Futures) - Private exporters reported that China bought 120,000 metric tons, or nearly 4.41 million bushels Full Story
U.S. Corn Improves to 76% Good-Excellent, Soy 72%
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn improved slightly to 76% good to excellent from last week's 75%, with the excellent rating Full Story
Corn Export Sales Decline, Cancellations Hit Old Crop
(Farm Futures) - Export sales of 2013/2014 corn were down sharply in the latest week at 4.3 million bushels as cancellations Full Story
Weekly Soybean Review
Category: Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - The headline on last week’s Soybean Review claimed that old crop beans still matter. However Full Story
Wheat Tries To Lead Market
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Markets are mixed as trading gets underway for another week, but the trends are the same as they Full Story
Corn and Soybean Export Sales Decline
(Farm Futures) - Export sales of old-crop U.S. corn were on the high-end of trade estimates at 21.7 million bushels Full Story
Weekly Soybean Review
Category: Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - The soybean market sputtered last week, with old crop futures breaking trend line support on disappointing news about exports and fears of imports. But the process Full Story
Weekly Corn Review
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - USDA releases a battery of numbers on Friday, including its first monthly estimates of 2014 crop production Full Story
Sugar Imports May Cost U.S. Producers $1 Billion
Category: Sugar
(Farm Futures) - Mexican sugar imports will cost U.S. sugar producers $1 billion this year, predicts the American Sugar Alliance, a beet and cane sugar producer trade group. Full Story
U.S. Corn Planting at 6%; Trails 14% Average
(Farm Futures) - U.S. corn planting advanced to 6% as of Sunday as late-week warm, dry weather allowed for some progress Full Story
China’s MIR 162 Rejection Has Significant Impact on U.S. Grain Sector
Category: Food Safety, Grains, Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - Two economic analyses issued last week by the National Grain and Feed Association estimate that Full Story
Old Crop Still An Issue As Growing Season Begins
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - Farmers are chomping at the bit to get into the field. But while growers focus laser-like concerns on 2014 production, the market is still sifting through ideas about Full Story
Drought Persists as Low Temperatures Threaten Wheat
(Farm Futures) - The increasingly concerning drought situation in the West continues to wage on, according to the latest Full Story
Dairy Policy Getting a Hard Look in Farm Bill Negotiations
(Farm Futures) - Dairy provisions are receiving a fair amount of attention this week following reports that they are Full Story
Still Waiting for the Farm Bill
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - Lawmakers have returned back to work following a holiday break, but the ag industry is still wondering Full Story
USDA: Exports Could Lose Momentum Without Farm Bill
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - If a new farm bill isn't passed soon, the United States' strong track record of growing Full Story
Panama Market Reopens to U.S. Corn
(Farm Futures) - In a release this week from the National Corn Growers Association, the organization praises work by the Full Story
Soybeans Are Selling Opportunity
(Farm Futures) - If the customer is always right, the market is saying that it’s a good time to be selling some soybeans. Full Story
Wheat Gives Back Early Gains
(Farm Futures) - Wheat rallied early in the day as profit taking slowed the long downward slide that was heading Full Story
Harvest Delays Skew Seasonal Trends
(Farm Futures) - While corn and soybean yields appear to be holding up this fall, 2013 is still turning out to be another Full Story
Drought Status Remains Relatively Unchanged
(Farm Futures) - Drought conditions this week are improving by just a few tenths of a percent, according to the latest Full Story
Grain Futures Try to Firm Ahead of Reports
(Farm Futures) - It’s been two months since USDA’s last update of production, supply and demand, which has traders riveted Full Story
USDA Releases Farm To School Census
Category: Dairy, Grains, Oilseeds, Policy, Sugar
(Farm Futures) - USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday emphasized the Farm to School program's role in creating economic opportunity for America's farmers and ranchers during National Farm to School month. Full Story
Shutdown Issues Hold Farm Bill Hostage
Category: Uncategorized
(Farm Futures) - As the expiration of the farm bill extension comes into clear view, lawmakers have pushed the idea Full Story
China Snapping Up Dairy Supplies; Strengthening World Price
Category: Dairy
(Farm Futures) - A look at the global dairy situation for Q3 finds Chinese buyers eager to snap up more dairy product and tight Full Story
Corn Catching Up But Condition Slides
(Farm Futures) - The U.S. corn crop keeps on plugging away, trying to catch up from a late, wet spring and bring home the bushels Full Story
USDA Predicts Big Crop, but It’s Not in the Bin Yet
(Farm Futures) - The USDA August corn crop forecast predicted a large national crop, although not a record crop. Late-planting woes, especially in the western Full Story
August USDA Report Just One Piece Of The Puzzle
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(Farm Futures) - USDA's Aug. 12 crop reports provide the market's first hard estimate of 2013 corn production. But the Full Story
Drought Slightly Improving In Southwest
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - Drought is improving in the Southwest, but expanding across Nevada, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released Full Story
USDA Continues GM Wheat Investigation as Japan Lifts Import Ban
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Monday confirmed that no new samples Full Story
Short-Term Dryness, Drought Creeping Eastward
Category: Miscellaneous
(Farm Futures) - Short-term moisture deficits have the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released Thursday, showing Full Story
Corn Borer Feeding Minimal So Far
(Farm Futures) - If you walk a field of corn long enough, you will likely find a few stalks with one or more leaves Full Story
Corn Belt Gets A Rain Reprieve
(Farm Futures) - As the Drought Monitor stays clear for Midwestern farmers itching to finish planting corn and Full Story
Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Shows Improvement
(Farm Futures) - We're inching toward the final acres planted for corn with 95% in the ground in the Full Story
Senate Ends Debate On Farm Bill
Category: Policy
(Farm Futures) - Senators Thursday morning voted 75-22 to limit debate on the Farm Bill and move Full Story
Bipartisan Bill Introduced To Require FDA Labeling of GMOs
Category: Food Safety, Policy
(Farm Futures) - A pair of U.S. senators Wednesday introduced a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label food containing genetically modified ingredients. Full Story
Surprises in the USDA Report Shake up the Markets
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(Farm Futures) - The USDA has a habit of packing a surprise or two into each month's supply and demand report to shake up the trade a little. Just when the markets seem to make sense, one of these interesting items Full Story
Soybeans Extend Gains
(Farm Futures) - Mention Chinese buying of a commodity and its usually enough to send prices soaring. Full Story
USDA Reports Summarize Effects of Climate Change on Ag, Forestry
Category: Miscellaneous
(Farm Futures) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday released two comprehensive reports that Full Story
U.S. Grains Council Launches 2012 Online Annual Report
(Farm Futures) - The U.S. Grains Council last week launched its 2012 online Annual Report, available now Full Story
FSA Releases Enrollment Information For Farm Bill Programs
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy, Sugar
(Farm Futures) - Following action earlier this month to extend certain provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill, the USDA Farm Service Agency on Tuesday released the 2013 sign-up schedule for extended programs. The extended programs Full Story
Soybeans Rally On Exports
Category: Oilseeds
(Farm Futures) - The soybean market has had a positive tone this week, but was unable to sustain its rally Full Story
Rising Food Prices May Not Equate To Higher Profits
Category: Miscellaneous
(Farm Futures) - As the Northeast cleans up after Hurricane Sandy, other parts of the United States are still Full Story
Wheat Quality Slips Again
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Winter wheat is the latest casualty of the lingering impact of the 2012 Drought. Of course, for many in key winter wheat growing areas, the drought has lasted longer than a single year. The latest USDA Crop Progress Report shows winter wheat conditions slipped from 22% poor and very poor to 24% poor and very poor - nearly a 10% decline in quality. Full Story
Ending Direct Payments Could Have Regional Impact
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(Farm Futures) - Ending farm bill-authorized direct payments could have a minimal effect on currently Full Story
Wheat Bucks Trend With Gains
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - While most markets are trading cautiously this morning ahead of Tuesday’s election, wheat is Full Story
Farm Bill Expiration Hurting Ag Exports
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Policy
(Farm Futures) - With the Sept. 30 expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill, many farm groups expected big changes Full Story
U.S. Wheat Harvest Begins
Category: Grains
(Farm Futures) - Feedlots in the western Plains will look to purchase a 90- to 120-day supply of wheat direct from the field at harvest if the price relationship to corn Full Story
Traders ponder Wednesday’s USDA report while international investors turn attention to Italy.
Futures could see a cautious open this morning after mixed trade overnight Full Story
New fears of slowing growth and sovereign debt
Look for a weaker open across the board this morning, with profit taking likely intensified due to renewed concerns about global economic issues. Full Story
