Just after 9:00 a.m. CT, September corn was up 5¢ at $4.09 per bushel. November soybeans were up 4¢ at $10.20½ per bushel. Karl Setzer, partner with Consus Ag Consulting said, “Pre-weekend short covering is giving the market some much needed support as we start the last session of the…

1. Grain, Soybean Futures Higher in Overnight Trading Grain and soybean futures were higher in overnight trading on concerns about dry weather in the Canadian Prairies and hot weather in the U.S. Midwest.  Southern Canada is expected to turn warmer and drier, increasing stress on crops in early July, Commodity…

Just days before USDA is expected to release its new estimates, the Kluis Commodity Advisors/Successful Farming Acreage Survey revealed American farmers planted over 1 million more corn acres for the 2025/2026 crop year than USDA previously forecast. Soybean and wheat acres were pegged lower.  According to the survey results, the…

By Galen Bacharier North Carolina lawmakers are sending half a billion dollars to the western mountains for hurricane relief, reaching a long-sought compromise between the House and Senate just hours before they left Raleigh for weeks. Both chambers unanimously approved House Bill 1012 on Thursday. Gov. Josh Stein is expected to swiftly sign it…

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, and Maximilian Heath BEIJING/SINGAPORE/BUENOS AIRES, June 26 (Reuters) – Chinese firms have booked the first soymeal cargo from Argentina since Beijing approved Argentine imports in 2019, as China’s animal feed industry looks to broaden its supply options to mitigate potential disruptions from the U.S.-China trade war. Several Chinese feed makers…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled this week in favor of Texas Corn Producers, Texas Sorghum Producers, and National Sorghum Producers, vacating a 2024 Environmental Protection Agency rule that they said unfairly penalized ethanol-containing fuels in federal fuel economy calculations. At issue was the EPA’s use…