John Deere says they have now rehired or brought back more than 800 employees across Iowa and Illinois since January to prepare for upcoming planting and harvest cycles.

Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics says corn and soybeans saw a technical bounce after a lower day on Friday but were still supported by higher energy markets and inflation fears. Wheat fell after the President’s post about Russia and Ukraine agreeing not to target energy and food infrastructure.

The Evansville facility will be Wisconsin’s first large-scale soybean crush plant — processing 80 million bushels annually and lifting CHS’s total crush capacity by more than two-thirds when it opens in 2028.

Warm fall conditions could push back the window for safe, effective anhydrous and manure applications across parts of the Midwest, says Iowa State agronomist.

Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says while last week’s higher weekly closes send a strong signal a bottom is in place in the cattle market, he’s not ready to say funds will be piling back in to buy yet.

Jerry Gulke president of The Gulke Group says it isn’t surprising to see profit taking in the soybeans with the funds holding a near record long position.

Dan Basse, president of Ag Resource Company, says the corn yield figure was very close to the trade guess and largely priced into the market.

Recent university studies find that corn kernels usually hold their weight through the dry-down process while pinpointing the operational realities that lead to missing grain.