Grain and livestock futures close higher on Wednesday. What was behind the commodity wide rally? Darren Frye of Water Street Solutions has the answer.

Winter weather is packing a punch across much of farm country this week. However, its being somewhat ignored by the trade.

Government officials asked U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai to capitalize on the success of the USMCA and expand relations in the Western Hemisphere.

Soybean oil, food waste and leftover feedstocks and manure will be turned into bioproducts like asphalt and plastic, thanks to a USDA program aimed at increasing U.S. competition in global markets.

Grain and livestock futures are mostly higher midday with weather, end of year positioning and light holiday trade all contributing to the rally. Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has more.

Proposed farmworker labor reforms from Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and others were left out of the omnibus spending package but farm groups are continuing to push for immigration reform.