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The new CBO projections “prove what we have been saying all along: the House Republican farm bill is unpaid-for, relying on magic math and wishful thinking,” Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said.

Michigan’s ag department will provide the grant money for to up to 20 farms from its emergency response funds.

Grain futures price were able to hold halfway decent in Tuesday’s trade, but that momentum has vanished following the mid-week intermission. Will July options expiration offer stability to prices?

Livestock Bulls were disappointed in Tuesday’s trade. Will the mid-week intermission help the market stabilize or is there more pressure to come?

The Fed is expected to start lowering interest rates by the end of the year. Darin Newsom, Senior Market Analyst with Barchart, says this may keep fund money away from the grain markets.

Resistance and continuous corn are boosting populations of this yield-robbing pest.

Row crops recovered on Tuesday, while cattle posted another lower day. Brad Kooima, Kooima Varilek says all those markets saw corrective action.

Live cattle futures fall a second day in what Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek calls routine profit taking. Row crops see a technical bounce with lower crop ratings.

The latest Federal Reserve board meeting left interest rates unchanged, but there’s a subtle shift in its monetary policy Vince Malanga, president of LaSalle Economics, says should be noted.

The Federal Reserve voted to keep the benchmark interest rate steady despite a sticky inflation proving to be a challenge. Where could interest rates go? A conversation with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed.