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Cattle rally on strong cash but face a tug of war due to bird flu news says Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek. Hogs try to follow but struggle with sliding cash. Row crops higher, wheat lower correcting pre- report.

Cattle futures came out strong on Monday but failed to find any follow-through in Tuesday’s trade. Outside markets are seeing a risk on trade following a cooler CPI report. Will that act as a tailwind in today’s trade?

Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net, says traders evened positions Tuesday going into the USDA reports. However, he’s expecting very few revisions on a U.S. basis so he’s looking at global numbers.

From switching to 100% strip-till this past fall to learning to build seed scripts and planting her first crop as a full-time farmer this spring, Sarah Tweeten is making her mark on her family’s Iowa operation.

Grains see a corrective day and WASDE report positioning with wheat sharply higher, row crops lower. Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net, says cattle also saw profit taking ahead of the Fed announcement.

The international monetary and reserve system is gradually moving away from dollar dominance.

How are you showing up on the farm? Do your actions meet up with your goals? Rena Striegel, a farm succession planning consultant, encourages the next generation of on-farm leaders to do some self-reflection.

Grain markets were firm in the early morning trade but faded into the afternoon to settle lower, Cattle futures were strong to start the week but failed to find follow-through in today’s trade

Focusing on marketing and margins will help farming’s next generation protect against the ”unknown unknowns,” says Alan Brugler, a market analyst and adviser.

The World Bank raised its global economic growth forecast for this year to 2.6%, up from January’s 2.4%, driven by strong U.S. economic expansion. However, it warns that. . .