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July corn ended the day up 7¢ at $4.54½ per bushel. July soybeans closed up 2¼¢ at $10.53 per bushel. July wheat contracts closed higher. CBOT wheat ended the day up 17¢ at $5.46 per bushel. KC wheat was up 13½¢ at $5.36¼. Minneapolis wheat was up 12¼¢ at $5.97¾.…

A report to be released by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission this week has agricultural groups appealing for careful consideration by the Trump administration. The report’s expected release is Thursday, May 22, according to Agri-Pulse’s Rebekah Alvey. The MAHA report “will set out to identify possible drivers of…

Thousands of chicks and young gamebirds were rescued earlier this month after an apparent misrouting by the U.S. Postal Service left them stranded in Delaware. The birds were en route from Freedom Ranger Hatchery in Pennsylvania, a facility certified by the National Poultry Improvement Plan as clean of Avian Influenza…

AGDAILY Reporters · May 20, 2025 Ground Control Robotics, a startup founded by Georgia Tech researcher Dan Goldman, is bringing robotic centipedes to agriculture. Inspired by the efficient movement of wiggly animals like snakes and arthropods, these robots are designed to navigate rugged terrain and perform tasks such as data…

What Happened The May USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report indicated tighter projected carryout (supply left over at the end of the marketing year) for both old and new crop corn supplies. The 2024/2025 marketing year started Sept. 1, 2024, and runs through Aug. 30, 2025, reflecting…

During a recent House Appropriations Committee hearing, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) warned of a growing crisis in the Big Bend Sector of Texas, where illegal border crossings are surging despite declines elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border. Addressing Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Pete Flores, Gonzales shared that…