Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says strong cash has been supportive of the cattle futures and he expects a higher week in the fed market again this week. Grains are still digesting USDA’s bearish reports.

Economists say cash rent acre expansion comes at too high of a cost with low commodity prices and high input prices.

Nik Patel steered a series of astonishing agriculture-related scams and racked up a whopping 52-year prison sentence.

New tariffs on goods from countries trading with Iran risks derailing his one-year trade truce with China.

Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with StoneX says the move surprised him even though their customer survey’s during the season had yield at 186 bu.

All eyes were on final yields and production, and USDA delivered with record corn numbers. The agency left soybean yields basically unchanged from the November report but did raise overall production.