What You Need to Know Corn:18% at silking stage3% at dough stage74% good/excellent conditionSoybeans:32% at blooming stage8% at setting pods stage66% good/excellent conditionWinter Wheat:53% harvested48% good/excellent condition Today, USDA published the 14th Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.…

As of 9:12 a.m. CT, December corn was down 13¢ at $4.24 per bushel. November soybeans were down 24¾¢ at $10.24½ per bushel. September CBOT wheat and KC wheat were down 14¢ at $5.42¾ per bushel and $5.22 per bushel, respectively. September Minneapolis wheat was down 8¾¢ at $6.38½. “The…

AGDAILY Reporters · July 7, 2025 To celebrate its 160th anniversary and National Ice Cream Month, Penn State’s Berkey Creamery has released a new “Cow to Cone” video that gives viewers a deliciously detailed look at how its famous ice cream is made. From the dairy barns to the serving…

Of all the root crops known to humankind – and I’m including rutabagas and cattail rhizomes here – my favorite is the humble radish. Radishes are a good source of vitamin C, minerals, and bad breath. But their benefits don’t end there. They don’t even begin there. Radishes also provide…

“Thank you, President Trump.” That sentiment has been repeated often by farmers during conversations and across social media in the days since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed through Congress and was signed into law. Farmers have specifically celebrated how the bill overhauls the “death tax” — the taxes…

1. Soybeans, Grains Plunge in Overnight Trading Soybean and grain futures plunged overnight at traders returned from the long Independence Day weekend in a selling mood.  Favorable weather in most U.S. growing areas along with concerns about trade led to the overnight decline in prices.  Only 5.6% of an 11-state…