Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, says grain markets are trading lower for a 4th day as technical and risk off selling accelerates and a higher dollar adds pressure.

A letter from AFBF President Zippy Duvall to state Farm Bureau presidents said the action comes after a failed mediation session on Monday. The move is in retaliation for a decision by the Illinois Farm Bureau’s affiliate, Country Financial, to drop a Farm Bureau membership eligibility requirement for non-farm insurance policy holders in Illinois.

Trump’s plans to roll out blanket import tariffs could slam the door on imported vegetable oil supplies, which renewable energy analysts said could in turn lure the U.S. crush industry to revive lagging plans to build new plants and expand capacity.

While outcomes in farming are never guaranteed, there are things farmers can do to help give their crop the best chance at better quality and a higher yield potential.

Bayer’s $63 billion purchase in 2018 of seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto was a long-term bet on robust growth in farming supplies which has so far misfired.

Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors says the weakness in grains is coinciding with the strength in the dollar in what he calls the “Trump Effect”.