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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced updates on how USDA plans to address the complex competition issues in agricultural markets in order to create a fairer playing field for small- and mid-size farmers.

Despite the weather extremes Indiana farmers faced during the season, USDA is estimating statewide yields will be above 2022 for both corn and soybeans. So far harvest results are confirming that trend.

USDA reports are bearish with higher yield, production and ending stocks. Corn takes out September lows. Funds slam cattle with lower cash. Brian Splitt, AgMarket.Net, has analysis.

Illinois farmer Ryan Myers has increased his 60-bushel-per-acre yield average to 70-plus-bushel averages in just three years. How? By focusing on the details from variety selection to in-season management.

Cattle see more chart-based selling awaiting cash, hogs 2-sided after strong exports. Grains lower with pre-report, with soybeans fading big export sales. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Bryan Doherty, Total Farm Marketing, discusses why milk futures plunged from mid-October and what the outlook is for the rest of 2023.

The U.S. exported 231.5 million lbs. of beef during September, the lowest monthly total since June 2020.

Here’s how and why you need to clean your combine after harvest and before you park it for the winter.

Let this sink in: One state in Brazil — Mato Grosso — produces the equivalent of Illinois and Iowa’s soybean production combined. Here’s a look at South America’s growing regions, crop calendar and production capacity.

Chinese importers bought around 10 cargoes of soybeans, or about 600,000 metric tons, for shipment from Gulf Coast and Pacific Northwest export terminals between December and March.