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A drier and milder window to plant last week played into farmers’ favor. The latest USDA Crop Progress Report shows planting is ahead of average.

China’s soybean imports almost doubled in March from levels in the same month a year earlier, data from customs showed on Tuesday, as cargoes of beans from top exporter Brazil cleared customs after delays.

A team of students at Ohio State University is seeking input from owners and operators of farm machinery to better understand routine cleaning, maintenance, and fire safety education for combine harvesters.

With a consecutive warm and dry days in much of the Corn Belt, some farmers were able to start planting earlier than normal last week, but the weather pattern this week is flipping, with a cooler bias setting in.

The chase to capture carbon continues. It’s a possible new source of income for farmers and ranchers, but it’s also bringing a set of challenges and questions. The answer could be both public and private programs.

Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded.

Wheat prices saw strength last week, as worries about the 2021 crop continue to grow. With concerns about planting spring wheat this year, it’s a factor that could strain already tighter supplies.

A combination of factors has revealed crippling and widespread scarcity, manufacturing bottlenecks, and serious national security and economic repercussions.

The cotton price picture is seeing some bullish factors come into play. USDA’s WASDE report on Friday revealed higher exports - along with a smaller crop last year - continue to eat into overall supplies.