Grain markets opened mixed on Friday after a strong close Thursday.  The USDA’s weekly U.S. Export Sales report was released this morning, delayed one day because of the midweek holiday. The report was friendly for wheat and corn, while soybean sales were slightly disappointing.  The net sales numbers from the…

What Happened Good weather in Brazil over the past 60 days and a forecast for continued conducive crop growing conditions have weakened both soybean and soybean product prices. Expectations for record supplies continue to grow, with the USDA currently estimating the Brazilian soybean crop at 169 million metric tons, up…

Farmers take ideas and inspiration from fellow farmers all the time. Use these farm inventions and solutions to fix issues before true problems arise. These ideas around livestock and ranching were featured in All Around the Farm® in Successful Farming magazine. Cattle Side and Back Scratcher To make a cattle…

by Erin Socha When Mike Moddrell bought 320 acres of land in southwest Douglas County in 2002, it looked very different from the tallgrass prairie it is today. “When I bought it, it had been neglected for a long, long time,” Moddrell said. “It was in pretty bad shape. I…

The grain markets opened at 8:30 a.m. and are higher in the early trade. The U.S. dollar is a fraction lower today but is still trading right at two-year highs above 108. The Brazilian real is trading very close to all-time low at 6.18 to the U.S. dollar. This is…

by Ryan Hanrahan Reuters’ Gram Slattery reported Sunday that “President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino.” “Speaking to a crowd of supporters…