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European rapeseed faced the earliest selling in May 18 trade, while media is pointing to a move by Germany to reduce biofuel blending to preserve supplies for human consumption markets.

Winter wheat harvested to planted ratio vs. percent yields deviated from the 2000-2022 trend

Spring has been a wet time for a lot of the country's growing regions. It has been difficult to plant for sure, but the increased soil moisture will favor early growth.

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will expand E15 availability to 70% of stations by 2024.

Over the weekend, more bad news emerged for world wheat markets. Just days after USDA projected India wheat production to be nearly record high and India wheat exports to reach a record high 8.5 mmt (312 mb), India chose to ban all wheat exports beginning in July. The net...

In a call to reporters from Poland following a meeting of G7 ministers in Germany, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted that 80% of last year's Ukrainian crop had already been shipped before Russia began blocking the Black Sea ports, and said that while the remaining grain...

Packers know that the market favors their position for now, but when the cattle that are currently fed get worked through, the cash market is going to drastically change to favor feedlots.

Cold air moving into southern Brazil next week could bring risks of frost to an otherwise good start to the safrinha corn season.

Farmers in the Northern Plains and northwest Minnesota are behind on planting due to heavy snow, rain in April and now spring flooding.

With its recent half-point increase, the Federal Reserve is accelerating its attack on inflation. But inflation hawks think it's not accelerating enough.

Pulses, such as dry peas, are being tested in some rotations as farmers look for ways to reduce use of nitrogen.

A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City finds that a record number of operating loans surpassed $1 million in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting soaring prices for inputs.

During an international video meeting of agricultural journalists this week, a Ukrainian ag journalist gave a glimpse of some of the challenges farmers as well as journalists are facing in his country after the Russian invasion.

With a couple of years' worth of experience under his belt, Texas grower Sam Sparks is finding new practices to manage weeds with Deere's See & Spray system.