Ever since he can remember, farming with his father has been Andrew Morgan’s dream. The Morgan family farms corn and soybeans in rural southern Minnesota, sitting near “a triangle of towns,” Morgan said. Waseca and Waterville are the closest towns, but Morgan adds they’re still 10 miles away. That is…

Ahead of 9 a.m. CT, May corn was up 4½¢ at $4.66½ per bushel. May soybeans were down a penny at $10.07¼ per bushel. May wheat contracts were lower. CBOT wheat was down 6½¢ at $5.57 per bushel. KC wheat was down 10½¢ at $5.84¼. Minneapolis wheat was down 6¼¢…

DAILY Bites Syngenta’s Sustainable Sourcing Program allows companies to obtain an additional profitability benefit Farmers participating in the program will get between 1% and 2% higher the price of their sunflower grain versus domestic market price. In its first year of implementation in Argentina, 4,000 tons of sunflower oil produced…

1. Wheat Futures Decline in Overnight Trading Wheat futures were lower in overnight trading on concerns about demand for U.S. goods as the dollar strengthens.  The greenback was up 0.5% in overnight trading against a basket of its global counterparts.  A stronger dollar makes U.S. goods less attractive on the…

1. Soybeans, Grains Little Changed Overnight Soybean and grains were little changed in overnight trading as investors weigh weak crush rates for beans against dry weather in the southern Plains that may affect the wheat crop.  Processors crushed 177.87 million bushels of soybeans in February, below trade forecasts and down…

By Cami Koons Iowa landowners and pipeline fighters gathered Tuesday at a rally in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda asking lawmakers to ban eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. Senate Democrats also pushed for an amendment that would help pipeline and eminent domain bills go to the floor for debate. The…