Cash Market Moves

In a bipartisan vote in the House, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 was passed on July 29 by a unanimous voice vote.

The North Dakota Wheat Commission and North Dakota Grain Growers hosted a virtual hard red spring wheat update July 28. The online event was held in lieu of the Wheat Quality Council's annual Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour, which was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The annual Wheat Quality Council hard red spring wheat tour was canceled this year due to the ongoing pandemic and will be replaced by a virtual crop update encompassing four states.

Hail can be one of the most devastating events for a farmer and can mean the end of the growing season for some.

Transportation costs are a core component within the soybean, corn and related agricultural product supply chains. Congestion and wait times lead to delays that increase those costs and reduce efficiency.

The House of Representatives recently approved a $1.5 trillion plan aimed at rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

The Senate Agriculture Committee on June 24 advanced a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act (USGSRA).

Wet fields in the fall and an abundance of snow -- especially in eastern North Dakota, some parts of central North Dakota and northwest Minnesota -- left most of the 2019 corn crop in the field over winter and turned fields in to swamps, making spring planting a challenge.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District will soon begin a major project of repairing five locks and dams on the Illinois River.

The 2019-20 crop year ended for winter wheat on May 31, with the hard red winter wheat crop showing good milling properties on average.

COVID-19 pandemic has decreased tonnage in maritime shipping, leading to blank sailings and an increase in airfreight volume.

With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting travel and group gatherings, two winter wheat tours will be done virtually this year.

Shippers who rely on railroads for shipping commodities in bulk have long believed that demurrage policies are unreasonable and for years have been appealing to the STB to investigate.

While some states have seen good progress in spring wheat planting, some key areas haven't even started yet.

With COVID-19 draining Federal and State resources, concern remains that the talk of infrastructure funds are getting pushed to the bottom of the pile of current financial allocations.

Farmers in the U.S. have started spring planting, with many having a plan in place should the virus affect their operation.

The Upper Mississippi River has been plagued by high water recently, slowing traffic north and southbound due to two lock closures.

Many states have increased truck weight limits to help trucks that are hauling goods during the coronavirus pandemic, but the industry wants an equal weight established for all 50 states.

The corn basis has become a victim of the coronavirus due to the trickledown effect the virus is having on ethanol plants.

The spring opening of the head of navigation on the Mississippi River begins a new season for river terminals that have been in hibernation all winter.