COVID-19 has beaten up on virtually everything, including global trade. But so far, it has landed only a few glancing blows to agriculture.
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With agricultural exports from Kansas impressively going to nearly 100 countries in 2019, it brought in nearly $4 billion to Kansas. Livestock…
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture launched a new branding program, “Nebraska Straight from the Good Life,” to promote agricultural produc…
AMES, Iowa — China's demand for U.S. corn is surging. And, according to researchers at Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rur…
A record export pace of new crop soybeans rallied values to 27-month highs. Producers should continue to sell into front month contracts as there is no carry and the market is telling you not to store soybeans. Look to re-own with futures and options, says Brian Hoops.
BLENCOE, Iowa — After a lengthy absence, barges are returning to the upper stretch of the Missouri River, providing western Iowa farmers with …
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A global need for quality breeding stock and genetics is creating market opportunities for Kansas livestock producers. To me…
Yields, acres and exports are all topics of discussion in the grain markets.
Though the words “trying times” have become the anthem for 2020, there’s a different message catching on in the agriculture industry.
As the calendar turns to August risk premium is starting to slip out of the grain markets, but there is still some discussion about the other …
The calendar says it all when it comes to the grain market right now.
Rain makes gain is an old saying in the agricultural world, and there has been plenty of rain across the Cornbelt in the past week or two.
It’s not an especially exciting market for corn or soybeans these days, especially for old-crop corn and beans.
The cost of COVID could come at a price tag in the billions for Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers this year.
On the surface, nothing much seems to be happening in the corn market. Prices haven’t shot up or down lately. You could almost call it a doldrum.
Tensions between the United States and China again flared up this past week and threw another wrench into the grain markets.
Trade suddenly joined the coronavirus as a major concern for the grain markets in recent days.
When the United States and China signed what they termed a “phase one” trade deal in January there was always concern about whether the two si…
China reopened to U.S. beef imports in 2017, and Nebraska producers immediately took advantage.
China reopened to U.S. beef imports in 2017, and Nebraska producers immediately took advantage.
