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The CPI for May shows egg prices experienced the largest monthly drop in 72 years, but the price consumers are paying for a dozen eggs is still well above average over the past 10 years.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the most significant climate legislation ever enacted. The package includes more than $19 billion to support USDA conservation programs, but the money won’t last forever.

Iowa State researchers find this is the state’s highest level of farmland owned debt-free. In 1982, Iowa’s debt-free land ownership was only 62%.

The latest Ag Economy Barometer shows farmer sentiment has soured as crop prices have tumbled over the past month, but it’s not all gloom and doom. Strong working capital can help address the downturn in farm country.

Meat demand peaked last year, but economists say domestic demand is still stronger than pre-pandemic levels, and with more grilling this Memorial Day weekend, it could help boost domestic meat demand.

Weather conditions at planting, herbicide damage, insects and poor closure of the furrow are just a handful of the factors that can hinder corn emergence success.

Grains up on fund buying, putting in weather premium w/drop in crop ratings, but soy products are also pushing beans. Cattle consolidate w/higher corn, hogs mixed. Tomm Pfitzenmaier, Summit Commodity Brokerage.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair, Rep. Jason Smith, has sponsored a bill that seeks to prevent foreign adversaries from acquiring U.S. agricultural land.

Cattle correcting today and the top may be in short term says Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek. What will cash do this week? Has the hog rally run its course? Corn, beans rally on drop in crop ratings, weather.