Just after 9:00 a.m. CT, September corn was down 1¼¢ at $4.10¼ per bushel. November soybeans were up 7¢ at $10.31¾ per bushel. Kluis Commodity Advisors managing director Al Kluis said, “The grain markets closed mostly higher Friday. One factor was fund short-covering, plus optimism that the U.S. and China…

The United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn, and corn farmers are bolstering the U.S. economy and building strong communities, according to a new study released by the National Corn Growers Association. Corn grower leaders say they could make an even bigger contribution to the U.S.…

June is immersed with inspiring celebrations. Yet, with all the celebrations, a holiday in its infancy is emerging from its historical origins out into the world. “[Black filmmaker] Spike Lee and I are going to get together soon and discuss how we push this,” the Rev. Al Sharpton, a CNN…

By Cami Koons A Thursday press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about the department’s response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza, shows the nation imported more than 26 million shell eggs, counted by the dozen, since January, which is more than 10 times the amount imported during the…

By Cami Koons Across the state of Iowa, approximately 2% of planted corn acres are beginning to silk, and 13% of soybean acres are blooming, which is five days ahead of the five-year average, according to the Crop Progress and Condition report.  The report, put out weekly by the USDA’s…

1. Wheat Futures Drop as Harvest Continues Wheat futures were lower in overnight trading as the U.S. winter harvest rolls on. Nineteen percent of the U.S. winter crop was collected as of Sunday, up from 10% a week earlier, the Department of Agriculture said in a report. That’s still behind…