Grains end mixed on Thursday with profit taking and report positioning. Live cattle worked in steady to lower cash, hogs consolidating. Michelle Rook has full analysis with Arlan Suderman of Stone X Financial.

Grains pull back into the midsession on report squaring and Ukraine export developments. Livestock mixed. Michelle Rook gets an update with Vince Boddicker of Farmers Trading Company.

Markets open mixed but wheat still higher pricing in Ukraine export concerns. Cattle try to bounce after poor close Wednesday. Michelle Rook kicks off the day with DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing.

Empty dinner plates can quickly translate to lack of world peace. Just ask Sen. Ernst, who gave a political rundown of food security as national security at Iowa State University last week.

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is calling on the USDA to focus on day-to-day functions, not the Biden administration’s political goals:

Senior U.N. and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite a UN-brokered deal. . .