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If ever a farm had secrets, Prospect Hill is the keeper of ghosts. The former cotton plantation conceals one of the most surreal stories in history complete with spilled blood, family intrigue and a graveyard of good intentions.
2025 has been a record setting planting season for Mike Madsen and many farmers in Southern Minnesota.
John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, says soybeans saw profit taking pressure early Tuesday but clawed back to close slightly higher with the help of the soybean oil market. However, corn continues to fail.
NCBA applauds Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins’ aggressive efforts to suspend Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports, saying Mexico’s corruption and mismanagement has caused the pest to spread closer to the U.S.
U.S. farm income is poised for a sharp decline in 2026 as ad hoc federal support fades and underlying economic pressures reemerge.
Record-breaking heat hit areas of the U.S. this week with snow in the forecast for the weekend. As the disparity of moisture plays out, Nutrien’s Eric Snodgrass says he’s still concerned about the risk of drought.
Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage, says soybeans are seeing some profit taking after the rally Monday and after running into chart resistance in the July contract around $10.75 Monday night.
Make adjustments as you plant because when those final steps are done poorly, corn germinates unevenly and there’s no way to go back and undo the damage.
At least on the surface, USDA’s estimates for both old and new crop corn and soybean ending stocks were below average trade guesses. However, Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says there is some skepticism due to tariff considerations.
House Republicans are advancing a sweeping tax and spending bill that could significantly scale back or reshape some of the clean energy tax credits established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).