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With application windows narrowed by either wind or rain, time may be running out for spraying herbicides over the top in some corn fields.

DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is steady versus one week ago.

In a press conference, President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an order about farmers and their workers, as well as the hotel industry. The comments came as his administration has begun increasing enforcement actions on farms and food processors.

Talks of hot and dry conditions may have to be placed on the backburner for the second half of June in the northern Corn Belt.

With monthly corn imports into Western Canada declining to levels not seen in years, it is becoming clear that they will not be offsetting barley demand anytime soon.

Stemming from multiple factors, agricultural employers nationwide find hiring workers difficult, reflecting a widespread farm labor shortage.

Following last week's unbelievable surge in both the fed cash cattle market and the futures complex, traders are hopeful support will allow the market to trade higher again this week.

Second U.S. corn rating of each year from 2000 to 2025 vs. percentage of the U.S. corn area in some form of drought D1-D4 as recorded in the U.S. Drought monitor site.

When interest rates on long bonds rise, the U.S. dollar usually gains value. That this has stopped happening suggests foreign investors are seeing the U.S. as a riskier place to invest and are demanding even higher interest rates.

Gevo agreed to sell its Minnesota ethanol plant for $7 million while retaining assets for potential sustainable aviation fuel production, while the new owner plans to restart production.

Feeder cattle's dramatic rise to record highs is certainly cause for celebration in the short term -- and anxiety for long-term planning.

Powerful winds whipped up planting season dust across the country during the weekend, prompting a dust storm warning in Chicago, which has not seen one of such magnitude since 1934.

CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland, forecasts lower ag sales and income for 2025, while also announcing a moderate price increase "in the low single digit(s)."

Soil moisture is below normal in many of Brazil's safrinha corn growing areas. A drier outlook for April puts that corn crop at a higher risk of drought and damage.