AgDay TV Markets Now: Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says grains end mixed on report positioning, profit taking and harvest pressure.

Harvest progress on soybeans nearly doubled from last week and corn progress is ahead of the five-year average.

Beans make new lows then see technical bounce and report positioning. Technical selling in wheat pulls down corn as well as harvest pressure. Cattle consolidate, funds sell hogs. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity.

Fertilizer manufacturers experienced a significant uptick in their stock prices following a surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which has raised concerns about the potential impact on global fertilizer supplies.

Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Here’s a list of machines that might fit well in your lineup.

Annette Ostrom’s legacy will continue to live on at World Dairy Expo by celebrating the show’s youth, the future leaders of the dairy industry.