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The rodeo world is grieving the loss of professional bull rider Dylan Grant, who died after sustaining fatal injuries during the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls event in Wharton, Texas, in front of 2,500 spectators.  Grant, 24, was bucked off and then trampled by a bull during the second round of competition on April 3. According to a statement from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, medics at the event immediately responded and transported him to a waiting helicopter. He was flown to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Grant’s alma mater, the…

Ahead of 9:30 a.m. CT, May corn was up 6½¢ at $4.66¾ per bushel. May soybeans were up 12¢ at $9.89 per bushel. May wheat contracts were also higher. CBOT wheat was up 16¼¢ at $5.45¼ per bushel. KC wheat was up 13¼¢ at $5.70¾. Minneapolis wheat was up 11¼¢ at $5.95¾. Naomi Blohm, senior market advisor at Total Farm Marketing, said the shock of the tariff announcements from the White House last week may be factored into the grain markets for now, barring any new developments. “The collapse in the stock market will force Trump to begin trade negotiations…

Top Third Ag Marketing helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops and livestock in the top third of prices. Mark Gold and his team provide AGDAILY.com with the latest information and a look ahead in their audio commentary. Listen here! https://www.agdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Top-Third-AgDaily-2025-04-07.mp3 The post Markets in Minutes: Top Third looks ahead for week of April 7, 2025 appeared first on AGDAILY.

By Michael Boehlje and Michael Langemeier Grain farmers are facing significantly lower crop prices and incomes in 2025 compared to previous years, which have resulted in intense pressure to lower costs through negotiations on cash rents and purchased inputs. Much of this negotiation has focused on price – farmers are asking for price reductions, but suppliers of fertilizer, seed, and chemicals are hesitant to adjust prices down. In many cases suppliers have laid in inventories at costs that provide little flexibility to reduce prices without dramatically compressing their margins. This article updates the discussion of critical input purchase components and specification sheets found…

1. Soybeans Slightly Higher, Grains Mixed Overnight Soybeans were modestly higher in overnight trading and grains were mixed ahead of today’s prospective planting and quarterly grain stocks reports from the USDA.  The USDA likely will forecast area planted with soybeans in the U.S. at 83.762 million acres, according to a Reuters poll.  The government in February pegged soybean area at 84 million acres, and farmers last year planted just over 87 million acres with the oilseeds.  Corn area will probably be seen by the USDA at 94.361 million acres, the survey said. The USDA in February forecast area sown with…

After years of repairing tile blowouts and installing new lines of perforated corrugated tile in all kinds of conditions, Tom Linerode, of Alliance, Ohio, knew there had to be a better way. The job took two men and a shovel while they tried to manhandle rolls of tile. According to the eastern Ohio farmer, “I decided we needed to work smarter, not harder, so I came up with this idea of building a tile spinner that could mount on my ATV.” The materials used for the project are: • Two 1-inch bearings  with holders • One 1-inch shaft  42 inches long  • Four…

1. Grains, Soybeans Higher in Overnight Trading Grain and soybean futures were higher in overnight trading as investors digest yesterday’s plantings and stockpiles reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers will plant 45.35 million acres with wheat this year, the agency said in its annual prospective plantings report yesterday.  Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting a forecast of 46.48 million acres. Producers last year planted 46.08 million acres with the grain, USDA data shows. Corn area is now projected at 95.33 million acres, up from 90.59 million a year earlier and just ahead of analyst expectations for 94.36 million…

By Erik Gunn A group of U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation Monday that would order the agriculture department to resume paying farmers on contracts already signed. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk are stiffing our farmers and processors — taking away resources these folks were guaranteed, threatening small businesses’ ability to stay open and people’s livelihoods,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., one of 17 cosponsors. In addition to 15 Democrats, two independent senators who caucus with them, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, signed on to the bill. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stopped reimbursing…

By Cami Koons Previously frozen funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Office has been released, funding rural energy projects and infrastructure for selling ethanol-blended fuels at gas pumps.  USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced this week that funding allocated through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, or HBIIP, and the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, will be released, though the latter program requires an adjustment to projects.  HBIIP, which funds projects to upgrade rural fuel stations to sell ethanol-blended fuels, like E15, E85, and B20, at the pump, was released for 543 projects, totaling $537 million,…

By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could apply to eggs being imported to ease a supply shortage, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday, a move that industry experts said could boost prices just as they have started to decline from record highs. Rollins said in a Fox News interview that tariffs on egg imports were possible and negotiations with affected countries were ongoing. On Wednesday, Trump announced sweeping tariffs that have been mostly criticized by agricultural and food groups for their potential to shrink markets for farmers and raise consumer prices. The U.S. has increased imports of eggs from Turkey, Brazil and…