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Today, USDA released the May 2025 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. 2025/2026 U.S. Ending Stocks May’s WASDE report was the first to include 2025/2026 estimates. Corn and soybean ending stocks were pegged lower than the average trade expectation, while wheat was pegged higher. 2024/2025 U.S. Ending Stocks USDA’s ending stocks estimates for 2024/2025 corn, soybeans, and wheat were all pegged lower month-over-month and lower than the average trade expectation. 2025/2026 Global Ending Stocks Similar to the U.S. numbers, global ending stocks for 2025/2026 were pegged lower than the average trade expectation for corn and soybeans and higher…

What Happened A recent price decline in grains and soybean meal is providing end users with an opportunity to shift risk. Corn futures have dropped by over 50¢ in the old-crop July contract, while new-crop December futures have lost nearly 30¢ and are currently trading under $4.50. Good planting progress in the U.S. and favorable weather in South America have kept traders on the defensive. Trade uncertainty due to tariff talk may be adding price pressure. Yet, if you buy feed, don’t get complacent. The market is offering you an opportunity ahead of the most critical time of the year…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended the import of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports of entry following continued spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico. The announcement, made Sunday by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, takes effect immediately. NWS, a parasitic fly that infests and severely injures living animals, has been detected as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz — regions approximately 700 miles from the U.S. border. These detections have occurred even in remote areas with minimal cattle movement, raising alarms about the pest’s aggressive advance despite joint eradication efforts by U.S.…

By Cassandra Stephenson President Donald Trump’s administration has pulled the plug on roughly $37.7 million in federal funding across 42 grants for the University of Tennessee System. The majority of the loss — $31.2 million — comes from eight terminated grants at the UT Institute of Agriculture. The institute houses the university’s agriculture research arm as well as its statewide educational organization providing resources to Tennessee farmers and communities in all 95 counties. It also houses the UT College of Veterinary Medicine and the Herbert College of Agriculture. The UT school system was set to receive more than $59 million…

By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, May 6 (Reuters) – Brazilian farmers are poised to expand the area planted with soybeans by around 500,000 hectares in the 2025/26 season which starts in September in key growing regions, Andre Pessoa, president of agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult, said on Tuesday during an event. In the current season, Brazilian farmers planted a record 47.8 million hectares (118.116 million acres) with soybeans, according to Agroconsult’s calculations. The result was a massive crop, as Brazilian farmers harvested an unprecedented soybean volume of 172.1 million tons, Agroconsult said in March after concluding a national tour of fields. Most of Brazil’s soy is shipped…

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, May 6 (Reuters) – Argentina’s already-delayed soy harvest has stalled further, a meteorologist said on Tuesday, following heavy rains and high humidity in the nation’s main agricultural regions. Harvesting in Argentina, the world’s largest exporter of soybean oil and meal, had already fallen behind after rains in March and early April. “The harvest has stopped,” German Heinzenknecht, a consultant with Applied Climatology Consulting, said in an interview. According to the expert and data from the national meteorological service, Argentina’s grains belt received between 30 millimeters (1.18 inches) and 50 millimeters of rain over the past several days, ending a streak of sunny days which had allowed many…

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley said on Tuesday he launched an investigation into Tyson Foods TSN.N after a former employee of the meat company alleged that children worked at one of its processing plants. The meat industry has come under increased pressure from federal regulators and activists to adopt safer labor policies since kids hired by contractors were found doing dangerous jobs cleaning slaughterhouses in 2023. Hawley, in a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor, said Tyson’s former employee claimed to have witnessed underage workers at the plant, which the senator did not identify. The former employee, whom Hawley described…

By Christine Zhu With about 100 activists in attendance, the North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday against banning the sale of raw milk. Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Bladen, Duplin, Jones, Pender, Sampson) presented Senate Bill 639 or the North Carolina Farm Act of 2025 to the panel. In its original form, the bill would have repealed provisions in state law that authorize the distribution of unpasteurized milk for personal use. This follows a push from Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler due to evidence it transmits bird flu. Lawmakers seemed poised to pass this iteration last week. But new amendments on Tuesday would legalize the sale…

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of four articles highlighting the contributions farmers and their machinery made to winning World Wars I and II. These articles originally appeared in Ageless Iron Almanac in 2015 and 2016. Much has been said of the contribution technology made to the winning of wars, particularly World Wars I and II. Rarely do war historians acknowledge one of the most powerful weapons our country deployed during these conflicts, though. “Truly,” said Rod Reding, producer of Ageless Iron TV, “agriculture became our country’s secret weapon in winning the wars.” Ramping up for War…

By Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf Both corn and soybean yields have trended up over time at the national and state levels. Relative yields, as measured by the corn-to-soybean yield ratios, have not trended up or down at the national or state levels over the last 25 years. Differences in yield levels and relative yields exist across states. States with higher corn yields also tend to have higher soybean yields. States with lower yields tend to have higher corn-to-soybean yield ratios. U.S. Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Relative yields of corn and soybeans are often evaluated using a corn-to-soybean yield ratio.…