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Grain and livestock futures are mostly lower on fund selling. The risk off in outside markets is spilling over due to a looming government shutdown. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.

A pair of plows crafted by the hands of John Deere, and possibly the first to break dirt west of the Mississippi, rest on an Iowa farm.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing says soybeans close higher on profit taking, corn on Mexican export biz. So, are the markets making early harvest lows or just being cautious before USDA reports?

There’s a new record farmland sale on the books. After a 15-min. bidding war between two area farmers, the gavel fell at $34,800 per acre, which is $4,800 more than the previous record set in November 2022 in Iowa.

Soybeans & corn up on profit taking, report positioning and MX corn export biz, wheat mixed. Cattle consolidate, digesting the COF. Macro markets fear a govt. shutdown. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, covers it all!

USDA’s weekly crop progress report shows harvest progress slightly behind average for corn and soybeans.

Rural areas are slowly gaining access to decent broadband speeds, and small towns are adding fiber-optic lines. However, the decline of the population in areas with fewer than 10,000 people is not improving much.

USDA forecasts all food prices will increase 5.8% this year, within a range of 5.4% to 6.2%.

Eight beef packing projects are in various stages of completion that could add 10% to total industry capacity; is it needed? What potential headwinds might these ventures face?

When the House and Senate returns on Tuesday, lawmakers will have just five days left to avoid a shutdown, which would impact several USDA services, including key reports.