Pro Farmer Analysis
Adjusting for inflation, the average size of farm operating loans during 2025 was 30% larger than the prior year.
While producers were aggressive sellers of soybeans last fall, they remained reluctant to move corn or wheat.
China has resumed its purchases of Canadian canola, an early sign of a revival in the trade
China has ramped up its orders for Brazilian cargoes of soybeans.
Canada has agreed to lower tariffs on 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles, as part of a deal aimed at rebuilding ties with Beijing.
Price action summary and outlook for the next 5, 30 and 90 day segments.
Farm leaders urged lawmakers to work quickly to include additional aid for farmers.
The first full week of 2026 marked another record for U.S. ethanol production.
New tariffs on goods from countries trading with Iran risks derailing his one-year trade truce with China.
History shows that down years for the greenback often happen in pairs.
The Trump administration said it would take control of as much as 50 million barrels.
Ethanol accounted for 11.06% of the nation’s gasoline in October
Growing concerns about a global glut that could drag prices still lower.
Brazil is a beef-exporting juggernaut, but the country’s ability to tame global prices may soon be tested.
It’s worth paying attention to the Bank of Japan and the market’s reaction to its latest policy moves.
Alongside strong growth in farm loans, liquidity at commercial agricultural banks tightened and earnings increased during the third quarter.
Uncertainty in Canadian and global grain markets remains elevated.
The U.S. may ease more restrictions as its relations with Belarus normalize.
It could limit precipitation over South America’s growing season.
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee delivered a 0.25% interest rate cut.
The oil market faces the prospect of a “super glut” next year.
President Trump on Monday signaled he could impose new tariffs on agricultural products
China’s pork prices have been declining all year are likely set to drop even lower.
OPEC+ will stick with plans to pause its collective crude oil production increases during the first quarter of 2026.
Exports in the first 10 months of the year reached 329,000 tons, almost triple what they were for all of 2024.
Trump’s allegations are serious: price fixing, collusion and market manipulation by what he calls “foreign-owned meatpacking cartels.”
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