Weather challenges in the Southern Hemisphere could send U.S. soybean prices higher, says DuWayne Bosse, a producer and market analyst with Bolt Marketing.

Many farmers are focused on bringing in the harvest and mapping out marketing decisions for the fall and winter. Yet there are plenty of entrepreneurs willing to look past rows of corn and soybeans to the potential profit locked inside unusual plants. U.S. producers are investigating sales possibilities for crops such as hemp, pawpaw fruit and edamame, three different crops with similar challenges. Farmers who intend to grow them must learn all of their agronomic needs, crunch the numbers on costs and ensure the necessary infrastructure is in place to process and market them. For those who break into a niche, the revenue can be tremendous.

So far, favorable South American weather forecasts support estimates of increased crop production in Brazil and Argentina. As a result, some analysts are betting on bigger U.S. ending stocks.

Brazil ‘s government grain agency CONAB raised its estimates Tuesday for record bumper crops of soybeans and grains.

Brazil’s farm economy will rebound in 2017 with a record harvest pushing up grain exports and expanding the country’s livestock industry, according to analysts’ forecasts.

2017 looks to be bearish soybeans, but bullish corn. This week’s U.S. Farm Report analysts break down the dynamics of the market and why producers need to have a plan.

A new service announced today gives farmers the chance to compare with other farmers the prices they pay for seed.

There wasn’t anything to get excited about in regard to USDA’s monthly WASDE and Crop Production reports. Though, that was to be expected, says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency boosted soybean futures Wednesday by raising 2017 biofuel mandates to record levels.

The farm community is buzzing with farmers’ new-found ability to see what their neighbors pay for the same bag of seed, thanks to new products released by Farmers Business Network and Granular. Many farmers are fueling their seed decisions based on this new information.