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A 25-page criminal complaint alleges the researcher and her boyfriend were attempting to bring Fusarium graminearum into the country. The fungus causes significant diseases in a number of food crops, including corn, wheat, barley, soybeans and rice. Toxins from the fungus are harmful to humans and livestock.

Tommy Grisafi of Nesvick Trading says it was a risk on day in the grains as they attempted to add weather premium on the hot, dry extended forecasts. “I feel like these markets have very little if any weather premium.”

USDA projects a $49.5 billion agricultural trade deficit for fiscal year 2025, nearly double the gap from two years ago.

The problem occurs at a specific growth stage – typically between V3 and V5 – as the corn seed roots are handing off their jobs to the first two sets of true crown roots.

Kevin Duling with KD Investors says corn and soybeans are building on the reversals scored on Tuesday after corn made new lows for the move and then bounced. Wheat is reluctantly following.

There are more than 36,000 registered pesticide applicators in Illinois — of which 11,000 are farmers.

Two new tech-packed forage harvesters are coming to the North American market, and a group of specialty crop-focused tech companies announce new capabilities and development partners.

Government officials claim the right to monitor citizens on private property without warrant.

In a proof of concept moment, AgLaunch and 42 of its farmer network members, announce they have cashed out an early investment in an irrigation technology startup.

This spring turned into the wettest in over a century for parts of the U.S. As the focus shifts to June, the moisture in the ground will help keep the heat down, but the pattern is also turning drier for two Midwestern states.