Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the recent strength in cattle has been a combination of fund buying and higher cash trade. He predicts that will continue into first quarter of 2026.

Growing concerns about a global glut that could drag prices still lower.

Women make up 43 percent of the global agricultural workforce. The rate is even higher here in Africa, where women are credited with producing 70 percent of our continent’s food, according to the World Economic Forum.

One possibility is the country’s vast oil reserves could offer long-term potential to ease diesel prices and help reduce other input costs.

Grain markets got hit hard on the first trading day of the year, but as we entered the first full week of trade, the markets found their footing. Oliver Sloup breaks down what comes next.

Chuck Shelby of Risk Management Commodities says soybeans, corn and wheat were oversold and saw some corrective buying but there was also some risk on buying across the ag complex.