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From Friday's bullish Cattle on Feed report, to the expected announcement that's going to come soon from USDA about revitalizing the American beef industry, traders saw an opportunity to push the cattle contracts sharply higher and didn't waste any time.

10-state objective corn ear population vs. the implied corn ear weight in pounds per ear.

The decision to end the annual survey of household insecurity comes just months after President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the largest cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the program's history.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is higher versus one week ago.

Maximizing your corn crop's value is a balancing act between getting as many kernels out of the field as possible at the most economic moisture for your farming operations.

Statistics Canada's second model-based production estimates came in stronger than the Aug. 28 projections for the most part. Only oats and corn had minor reductions.

Producers in central Brazil await the start of the wet season, which usually occurs in late September. A front moving through next week may bring the widespread rainfall that many will use to start soybean planting.

The Federal Reserve resumed cutting interest rates after holding them steady for nine months. Future cuts seem likely, but how fast and how far remain uncertain.

A tornado outbreak on Sept. 14, 2025, pushed the North Dakota yearly tornado total past the old record of 61 from 1999.

Success requires continuous improvement, and there's no better program than TEPAP. Applications for the week-long business bootcamp are due Oct. 31.

Forty-two members of Congress are pressing the Trump administration to minimize Renewable Fuel Standard volumes increases and to not reallocate gallons lost to small-refinery exemptions.

Didn't get to the Farm Progress Show last week? Here, take a tour with us. See what we saw.

The jury is still out on the 2025 soybean crop; but a decision may be close at hand. Dryness in parts of the southern and eastern Midwest in August might very well have compromised yield to some extent. However, there is a far bigger issue facing soybean growers and...

The Iowa State Fair has created lasting family memories over the past 171 years. The annual celebration proves people are what make the fairs special.