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New operating loans have interest rates double compared to 2021

So often with big USDA reports, it’s not so much what the numbers say, but how the markets react to close out the week.

The observed increase in Payment Yields during the timeframe appears quite significant for specific crops.

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Corn down on fund selling, poor exports. Soybeans hold support with meal, keeping some weather premium. Cattle have nice recovery on rising cash bids, hogs collapse. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek has details.

Welding arcs aren’t as illuminating as they seem. A special light designed for welding and a good welding helmet can help.

Corn & wheat down on fund selling, slow demand. Soybeans bounce with better export news, higher meal. Cattle trying to recover awaiting cash, hogs topping. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, has details.

Equities and oil took a break yesterday but what is the long-term outlook. Grains mixed trading weather and export news. Cattle trying to recover after a pullback, awaiting cash. Darin Newsome Barchart, has more.

Sixty-five percent of farmers surveyed in July expect interest rates to climb in the next 12 months. On a positive note, 7 out of 10 said they expect farmland cash rental rates to remain roughly the same for 2024.