AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, discusses if Friday’s higher grain market closes will lead to more short covering by the funds and a sustained rally.

With the exception of Chicago wheat, grain markets scored higher weekly closes and ended above the 20-day moving average for the first time in weeks, according to Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions.

U.S. farmers are increasingly turning to solar power as a means of stabilizing their incomes amid fluctuating crop prices and growing expenses.

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

“Smart farming means making your life more efficient, so you don’t have to focus on the mundane but instead on making the best product possible,” says Nebraska farmer Lukas Fricke. “We only have so many hours in a day.”

Farm Journal Test Plot research proves practices that reduce soil disturbance and sequester carbon perform best in a vertical farming system, as opposed to horizontal tillage, which creates yield-limiting soil layers.