An multi-industry coalition of rail customers underscores the importance of retaining competitiveness in the rail industry.

Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek says live cattle futures are higher despite some lower Northern cash trade. However, this week the trend has been sideways with the market unable to take out chart resistance.

Alongside strong growth in farm loans, liquidity at commercial agricultural banks tightened and earnings increased during the third quarter.

Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge says rumors of China purchases circulate nearly every time the corn market rallies.

A record-setting sale of an 18-year-old pre-DEF semi has Machinery Pete pointing to strong demand for used equipment, even as high prices and weak demand continue to weigh on the new farm machinery market.

Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart, Inc. says corn is seeing some short covering but demand has also been a factor with ethanol production at a record level this week and exports continuing to run at a record pace.