By Ryan Hanrahan Politico’s Aaron Pellish, Meredith Lee Hill, and Marcia Brown reported that “President Donald Trump said (last) Friday that he asked the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into meatpacking companies, which he accused of illegally manipulating beef prices at the expense of beef farmers and consumers.…

By Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf Support from the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage, county option (ARC-CO) programs for the 2024 crop year are currently being processed and distributed by the Farm Service Agency. Payments from PLC are expected to be…

By Claire Carlson For Wendy Johnson, a livestock and organic grain farmer in Charles City, Iowa, October is usually the time she visits her local Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office.  There, she’ll sit down with one of their employees and go over the practices she implemented on her farm…

By Jeff Beach North Dakota rancher August Heupel has yet to sell any of the beef calves he has raised this year, so far avoiding the recent drop in prices that was fueled in part by comments from President Donald Trump on importing beef.  Heupel is hopeful that prices will…

By Ryan Hanrahan Agri-Pulse’s Philip Brasher reported that “a new stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government includes a one-year extension of farm bill programs that were left out of a budget reconciliation bill earlier in the year.” “The continuing resolution, which would keep the government funded through Jan.…

Just before 9:30 a.m. CT, December corn was up 1¼¢ at $4.31 per bushel. January soybeans were down 3¢ at $11.27 per bushel. “Soybeans are seeing light profit taking [Tuesday] morning which is not surprising after the rally we had to start the week,” said Karl Setzer, partner with Consus…