Data from Iowa State and Peoples Company shows farmland values have softened this year, but by how much (and why) might surprise you.

Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing says soybeans recovered off Thursday’s new contract lows on fund short covering and profit taking, plus market talk that China was in buying soybeans. Corn put in the highest weekly close in six months.

If the funding measure fails, USDA has a contingency plan in place for essential workers and services. The plan would retain a small number of administrative employees to oversee activities including disaster response and cybersecurity should funding lapse.

The case earned increased attention as more and more business, including in agriculture, is conducted digitally.

Farm machinery news for the week of Dec. 15, 2024, includes updates from ASABE, John Deere, GSI and Artic Cat

Grain markets are seeing value and technical buying but Kent Beadle of Paradigm Futures says the rebound in soybeans is supported by a recovery in the Brazilian Real.