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Waiving penalties for on-road red diesel use provides minor savings for tight agricultural margins, though analysts fear the move could strain already tight fuel supplies.

Allison Thompson with The Money Farm says talk of China pricing soybeans is welcome as they’ve been relatively quiet over the last couple of weeks.

Down corn and soggy fields have trimmed yields near Carthage, Ill., but 80 years of field perspective, better board prices and strong bean prospects are keeping spirits up at harvest.

Input costs are up $15 billion since February, diesel is roughly double and credit demand at Land O’Lakes’ financing business is already surging for next season, Beth Ford says.

Discover how to reduce corn harvest losses with proper timing, loss calculations, and equipment adjustments.

Growers are locking in inputs earlier, paying on terms that run past harvest, and treating credit as part of the agronomic plan instead of a last-minute add-on.

Darin Newsom with Barchart says most of the bounce in grains is tied to technical and corrective buying as the markets got oversold.

What looks comparable on paper can deliver a very different experience in the tank, in the field and across the season.

From sudden death syndrome and soybean cyst nematode to emerging red crown rot, University of Nebraska researchers are uncovering yield losses that can be difficult to not only see, but even harder to diagnose.