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By Ryan Hanrahan Zaner Ag Hedge’s Karen Braun reported that “as of July 24, U.S. soybean exporters had sold just over 3 million metric tons of soybeans for export in the [marketing year] 2025/2026, which begins Sept. 1. That volume is a 20-year low for the date and is down 12% from last year.” “New-crop sales are struggling because China has yet to buy a single cargo, and this is China’s latest start in the U.S. bean market since 2005. However, in 2005, the first Chinese purchase came during the week ended Aug. 11,” Braun reported. “If China sits out…

A couple of days ago, the National Corn Growers Association, joined by more than two dozen state-level corn grower associations, sent a letter to top U.S. government officials urging action to address the spiraling cost of fertilizer and other agricultural inputs. Addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, the letter outlines a dire financial outlook for American corn farmers and warns of the long-term consequences if relief is not provided. “At the same time, current corn prices are extremely low, dropping by 14 percent from the beginning of…

Today, USDA published the 18th Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers. Corn As of Aug. 3, 88% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had reached the silking stage. Progress is just shy of the five-year average of 89%. USDA said 42% of the crop across all top states had reached the dough stage, ahead of the five-year average of 40%. This was the first week USDA reported dent-stage corn. As of Aug. 3, 6% of the crop across 11 states had reached the…

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reorganization plan, as outlined in the secretary’s memorandum issued on July 24, 2025. “As committed, we are continuing to hear stakeholder feedback on the USDA Reorganization. All stakeholders — including Capitol Hill offices, USDA employees, and members of the agricultural community – are encouraged to share their input during the open comment period. We value your perspective as we work to ensure that USDA is best positioned to serve America’s farmers, ranchers, producers, and…

By Neil J. Kanatt and Tom Polansek Aug. 4 (Reuters) – Tyson Foods TSN.N raised its annual revenue growth forecast and posted a better-than-expected third quarter on Monday, betting on resilient demand for meat products, especially chicken, sending its shares up about 4% before the bell. Profit margins jumped in Tyson’s chicken and prepared foods businesses during the quarter, while they worsened in its beef segment. Tight U.S. cattle supplies continue to force Tyson and other meatpackers to pay more money to buy livestock to slaughter into beef. However, the Springdale, Arkansas-based company has seen sustained demand for frozen meat and ready-to-eat food as consumers increasingly opted to…

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/2025/08/top-third-agdaily-2025-08-04.mp3 The post Markets in Minutes: Top Third looks ahead for week of Aug. 4, 2025 appeared first on AGDAILY.

As of 8:48 a.m. CT, December corn was up less than a penny at $4.11½ per bushel. November soybeans were up 1¾¢ at $9.91 per bushel. September CBOT wheat was up 4¼¢ at $5.21 per bushel. September KC wheat was up 3¼¢ at $5.22 per bushel. September Minneapolis wheat was down less than a penny at $5.71¾.  This morning, Naomi Blohm, senior market advisor at Total Farm Marketing, said, “A neutral weather pattern over the next 15 days will support U.S. corn and soybean development, which will likely keep the market from rallying.” As of 8:48 a.m. CT, October live…

While biological and chemical threats to corn yields are well understood, a more technological conflict has been center: farm equipment repair availability. In what seems to be a direct response to antitrust allegations in the ongoing FTC v. John Deere right-to-repair lawsuit, the equipment giant has unveiled a revamped digital service platform aimed at giving equipment owners greater control over the maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of their machinery. The new tool, Operations Center PRO Service, is now accessible through the John Deere Operations Center app for equipment owners across the U.S. and Canada. The digital tool is designed to allow…

By Michael Langemeier and Anil Balchhaudi Conservation practices such as the utilization of a no-till crop system, crop diversification, or cover crops can be implemented to improve soil health, reduce soil loss, mitigate net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and promote long-run agricultural sustainability. When making long-run decisions involving conservation, it is important to examine the tradeoff between important goals such as profit maximization, risk reduction, and improving soil health (Langemeier, 2023). A recent survey of 400 U.S. producers was conducted in late February 2025 to assess individual farm goals, producer sentiment, farm growth, succession plans, sustainability and risk preferences, resilience, and adoption…

By Cami Koons Corn rated nearly 90% good to excellent during the reporting period from July 21–July 27, while wet conditions limited farmers’ activities in the field, according to the latest crop progress and condition report.  Iowa crops continue to progress slightly ahead of schedule while above-average temperatures and precipitation caused humid conditions and in some cases, caused excessive soil moisture.  Across the state, topsoil moisture went from 21% surplus last week to 30% surplus this week. Subsoil moisture conditions also increased to 24% surplus, up from 17% last week.  According to State Climatologist Justin Glisan, the weekly average precipitation…