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Soybeans lower with profit taking in meal and better SA weather. That’s weighing on corn, plus lower crude oil and SRW wheat. Livestock extend gains but for how long? Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has more.

Grains lower, livestock higher. But when will row crops break out of their sideways ranges? Can beans rally if corn doesn’t? When should livestock producers buy feed? We ask Jon Scheve, Superior Feed Ingredients.

Corn and soybean prices seem stuck. So, what catalyst could it take to move commodity prices higher? There are a few, but analysts say the reality is there’s simply no story at the moment.

Political unrest, a healthy ag economy and the start of an election year. These are all reasons economists in the October Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor think it could 2025 before Congress passes a new farm bill.

Bart Fischer, co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M, spotlights two topics that will be updated in the next farm bill.