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Today, USDA published the 12th Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers. Corn As of June 22, 97% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had emerged. That’s just shy of the five-year average of 98%. The corn crop in Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota has reached 100% emergence, per the report. Together with North Carolina from the week prior, the corn crop in four states has completely emerged. This was the first report including silking progress across top corn-growing states. USDA said 4% of…

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/2025/06/ag-daily-top-third-2025-06-23.mp3 The post Markets in Minutes: Top Third looks ahead for week of June 23, 2025 appeared first on AGDAILY.

When I was in college at Virginia Tech, my friends and I used to camp out for football tickets. These days, my friends are camping out to get into the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). I recently talked with a farmer who needed to get North Carolina driver’s licenses for her H-2A workers, each of whom had a valid driver’s license from Mexico. Those licenses should be accepted if the workers were ever stopped by law enforcement, but they were advised it would be better to have a U.S. license. The farmer called the local DMV and was told it…

As of 9:05 a.m. CT, December corn was down 5¼¢ at $4.36 per bushel. November soybeans were down 7¼¢ at $10.53½ per bushel. September wheat contracts were also down. CBOT wheat was down 12¼¢ at $5.71¼ per bushel. KC wheat was down 9¾¢ at $5.69. Minneapolis wheat was down 6¾¢ at $6.50. “Grain and soybean futures are mostly in the red at the end of early trading, under pressure from mostly U.S. weather forecasts and a stronger dollar,” said The Brock Report, speaking of the overnight session. “The U.S. bombing of Iran and a vote by Iran’s parliament backing the…

By Bradley Zwilling To help answer the question regarding the differences based on the weight purchased in feeder cattle production, we will look at feeder cattle operations enrolled in Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) over a twenty-year period (2005 to 2024). As with all livestock operations in Illinois, the number of usable FBFM feeder cattle operations have gradually been coming down, going from a high of 148 usable farms in 2005 to 70 farms in 2024. In this study, the feeder cattle operations are separated into three categories based on the average purchase weight of the feeder cattle. Those groups are less…

By Morgan Chilson TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas farm income in 2025 is expected to be among the strongest in the last 20 years, bolstered by $2 billion in government payments for depressed crop prices and weather conditions, an agricultural economics expert said Tuesday. “If you look at the inflation-adjusted farm income for 2025, it’s by far the largest we’ve seen in several years,” said Jennifer Ifft, professor and extension specialist in agricultural policy at Kansas State University. “What drove that sharp increase that we see from 2024 to 2025? The answer is government payments.” Ifft spoke at a webinar about the outlook…

1. Wheat Futures Down in Overnight Trading Wheat futures were lower in overnight trading as the U.S. winter harvest ramps up.  Ten percent of winter wheat was harvested as of Sunday, up from 4% a week earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report earlier this week. Still, that’s well behind the prior five-year average of 16%.  In Kansas, the biggest producer of winter varieties, 3% was collected versus the average of 11% for this time of year.  The harvest started on Thursday in southwestern Kansas amid temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, industry group Kansas Wheat said.  Rainfall…

By Cindy Gonzalez SEWARD, Nebraska — A 300-acre regional industrial campus a half hour west of the state capital is adding another major piece: a $186 million milk processing facility that is projected to employ about 70 workers. And it’s not your stereotypical dairy operation. Dari Processing, a fourth-generation company run by the family that owns Tuls Dairies of Rising City, in eastern Nebraska, expects eventually to haul in 1.8 million pounds of cow milk daily. The 240,000-square-foot facility will then process and package shelf-stable milk, which needs no refrigeration. Speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday take a swig of…

By Cami Koons The Iowa Farm Bureau’s latest food and farm index found that the overwhelming majority of Iowa grocery shoppers surveyed are concerned about increases to food prices caused by government regulations.  The annual survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, also found that more consumers are seeking locally grown and produced products.  “At a time when trust in national institutions — from government to media— is at historic lows, the sustained confidence in local farmers speaks volumes about their authenticity and transparency, underscoring the strong bond and mutual respect between Iowa’s farmers and the communities they serve,” said Latoya…

By Ryan Hanrahan Reuters’ Emily Schmall reported that “farmers cut their losses early this year across the U.S. wheat belt, stretching from Texas to Montana. They were choosing to bale the wheat into hay, plow their fields under, or turn them over to animals to graze. In Nebraska, wheat acreage is less than half of what it was in 2005.” “For farmers with crop insurance, damaged or unprofitable wheat fields can still earn revenue. But many agree that chasing insurance payouts is not the best business model,” Schmall reported. “The Great Plains have long been celebrated for the ‘amber waves…