December corn ended the day up 3½¢ at $4.37 per bushel. November soybeans closed up 1¼¢ at $10.49¼ per bushel. September wheat contracts closed lower. CBOT wheat was down 7¼¢ at $5.56¾ per bushel. KC wheat was down 6¼¢ at $5.36. Minneapolis wheat was down 1¾¢ at $6.47¼. August livestock…

From timely rains to soaring temperatures, June brought rapid changes to corn fields across the Midwest. Some states saw fairly consistent crop progress and conditions through the month, while others were split regionally. Experts from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin shared what they were seeing in the fields through June,…

Dr. Joshua Harvey, DVM, a well-known North Texas equine veterinarian and founder of Outlaw Equine in Decatur, has been temporarily suspended from practice by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. The Board issued the suspension on July 1, 2025, citing a long list of violations and misconduct that, collectively,…

This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor shows a mix of degradations along with areas of improvement. After a week of scattered heavy rainfall, drought conditions improved across much of the Midwest and Great Plains. Rainfall Significant rainfall fell across northern Missouri, Iowa, southern Minnesota, central and northern Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper…

Workers at Tyson Foods’ Amarillo beef plant, one of the largest meatpacking facilities in the U.S., have ratified a new four-year contract that significantly raises wages and expands benefits. The agreement, approved by members of Teamsters Local 577, comes after a period of tense negotiations and a credible strike threat…

In celebration of America 250, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be hosting the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during National Farmers Market Week. The market will run this summer from August 3rd to August…