Markets mostly higher with risk on in outside markets, lower dollar and wheat is putting in war premium. Cattle follow DOW & higher cash, while hogs consolidate. DuWayne Bosse Bolt Marketing joins Michelle Rook.

Certainly, you can attract new employees and hold on to your current staff by raising wages and improving benefit packages, but helping employees feel engaged and appreciated can also take other forms.

USDA’s October crop report initially sent soybean prices soaring higher. The momentum didn’t last Thursday or Friday, as University of Illinois economist Joe Janzen says the soybean prices are in the midst of a battle.

Topics Trivium China is noting ahead of China’s week-long Communist Party Congress that starts Sunday:

American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released its general new farm bill recommendations on Thursday. First on the AFBF’s list: “protect farm bill program spending.”

Markets move up, down or sideways. For the last month, corn prices have been trading sideways, while soybeans were in a downtrend. Are we on the verge of a new price trend? Jerry Gulke weighs in.