Released on Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Quarterly Grain Stocks Report showed that as of Sept. 1 old-crop corn- and soybean-…
We regularly write about fertilizer prices because that particular input accounts for a large share of variable production expenses. The recen…
Entering the final quarter of 2021, the U.S. economy and rural industries seem to be transitioning into yet another phase of the COVID pandemi…
Sentiment among agricultural producers weakened in September as the Ag Economy Barometer declined 14 points to a reading of 124. It’s the weak…
The domestic rail-transportation network is vital to the movement of products and goods supplied by America’s farmers and ranchers. In 2019 mo…
The monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, released Sept. 10 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Chief Econ…
The Class IV market is heating up. CME spot butter jumped 9ȼ this past week to $1.7975 per pound.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer is a nationwide measure of the health of the U.S. agricultural economy. On the first Tues…
China’s pace of purchases continues to be faster than anything seen in recent years – and it’s not just soybeans. During the past nine months,…
Despite an incredibly challenging previous 18 months that included a global pandemic and tumultuous weather, increased commodity prices and we…
This is Part Two in a Market Intel series showcasing the impacts of drought conditions in the Western United States. Part one presented the fi…
The impact of the pandemic on human behavior can be measured in many ways, including loaves of bread and sticks of butter. Those two examples …
The Farm Service Agency reports more than 18,900 operations or 75 percent of all dairy farms with established production history are enrolled …
On the heels of a sharp two-month decline, the Agricultural Economy Barometer stabilized at a reading of 134 in July, just 3 points less than …
Executive summary
For data that trend to increase through time, it can be difficult to consider the base level or what is “normal.” The challenge comes frequent…
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel is publishing a two-part series to highlight the agricultural losses that occurred in 2020 …
During the past decade U.S. milk production has increased by an average annual growth rate of 1.5 percent while domestic demand has increased …
For the second month in a row the Ag Economy Barometer declined sharply, to a reading of 137. That was 21 points less than a month earlier, an…
The latest Cold Storage report from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, released this past week, shows depressed levels of red me…
The Conservation Reserve Program is a land-retirement program that provides financial compensation to landowners who voluntarily enroll extrem…
Strong foreign demand and reduced competition have sharply boosted exports to record levels for U.S. corn in 2020-2021. For 2021-2022 exports …
The dairy markets were awash in red ink this past week. June Class III milk gained a little ground but all other Class III and Class IV contra…
Ask most folks how agricultural commodities are transported to market; they’ll probably say truck or train. Some might say ships.
Carbon has suddenly become a popular discussion topic in agricultural circles. Spurred on by the changing political winds in Washington, specu…
The lingering effects of COVID-19’s shock to global trade have resulted in a backlog of container ships waiting to unload outside the West Coa…
This week’s post reviews historic soybean-yield data and considerations for 2021. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s May World Agricultural …