It’s not impossible for young farmers to get started in agriculture if they really want it but expect it to take hard work, investing time and care in neighbors and having a few uncomfortable conversations.

Last week was full of both bullish and bearish news for the wheat market. Arlan Suderman of Stone X Group says there are still several things that could spark momentum in the wheat market.

Profit taking in cattle w/higher corn, awaiting cash. Hogs score more contract lows. Corn, wheat extend gains on weather, with profit taking in beans. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Illinois’ Jack Shissler hit major dryland corn yields in 2022: “Boiled down, my yields were about choosing the right variety and applying fungicide. Variety and fungicide—that’s where it was at.”

John Phipps thinks the Right to Repair controversy gets more coverage than it deserves. From the title to possible implications down the road, he explains his reasoning.

The European Union’s crop monitoring service raised its forecasts of this year’s EU soft wheat and rapeseed yields, citing a good crop outlook overall except in the drought-impacted Iberian peninsula.