The inescapable crop math of sustained crippling commodity prices and high input costs has many growers screaming for immediate relief. However, bailouts are Band-Aids over bullet holes, contend farmers desperate for fundamental change.

USDA’s September 2025 net farm income forecast projects net farm income will rise sharply from 2024.

Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says corn and soybeans saw a technical bounce and buying after holding chart support.

Kicking off a fresh week on Markets on the Move, Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling take a closer look at Chicago wheat futures, which have spent the bulk of the last month in a quiet sideways trade. With corn showing signs of turning a corner, are wheat futures next.

Agronomic specialists are encouraging farmers to make their corn harvest plans now, prioritizing which fields to combine first and so forth. Evaluating how well the crop is standing on a field by field basis can help you plan the process and minimize having to pick up down corn.

This week’s Machinery Pete “Pete’s Pick of the Week” is a nearly 40-year-old John Deere tractor beloved by farmers for decades now, and Pete gets you ready for an active week on the used farm equipment auction circuit.