Market psychology took a negative turn this week on the latest export figures, but the numbers don’t paint as bleak a picture as it seems, says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group. Also, keep watching weather in South America.

Pests have wiped out entire corn fields since last month.

As farmers reach for higher yields year after year, a handful of farmers across the U.S. pushed their yields to be crowned contest winners. Each year, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) hosts a contest to see what farmers can accomplish.

Amid new tensions with China, the Obama administration on Thursday launched its 15th challenge against Beijing at the Word Trade Organization, escalating a long-simmering debate over practices that U.S. officials say limit American farmers’ ability to export rice, wheat and corn to the Asian powerhouse.

Brazil’s farm economy will rebound in 2017 with a record harvest pushing up grain exports and expanding the country’s livestock industry, according to analysts’ forecasts.

Lack of rain in forecast may hurt supply.

2017 looks to be bearish soybeans, but bullish corn. This week’s U.S. Farm Report analysts break down the dynamics of the market and why producers need to have a plan.

A new service announced today gives farmers the chance to compare with other farmers the prices they pay for seed.

There wasn’t anything to get excited about in regard to USDA’s monthly WASDE and Crop Production reports. Though, that was to be expected, says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group.

Farmers looking to control disease and fungus in a variety of crops will soon have a new fungicide option in their arsenal.