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The October release of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) October Supply and Disposition update contained relatively minor adjustments, but looking through it, there are some very interesting details.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari to refiners who have challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard. Because the question of proper court venue is split between several appeals courts...

It has been a long time since a large system has moved through the U.S., but the setup for next week is a much more favorable one. Nothing is guaranteed though and models will be working through a slightly complicated pattern.

U.S. corn export sales and shipments as of the second week in October vs. those figures as a percent of the October WASDE projection.

USDA on Monday announced the Farm Service Agency has started issuing to checks to producers for the 2023 crops. USDA pegs the payments under Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price would be $447 million.

While it's likely the cattle market will trade higher again in the weeks ahead, traders are expected to be cautious as they brace for Friday's Cattle on Feed report.

U.S. Wheat Associates recently published a first look at results of the U.S. 2024 soft red and hard red winter wheat crops, noting that both crops overall were good quality for bakers and exporters.

Soybean planting in Mato Grosso, Brazil's largest producer, has accelerated, but is still well behind the normal pace. That threatens to force the safrinha (second-season) corn crop to be planted late and expose it to more of the dry season in 2025.

In resisting China's efforts to boost its domination of manufacturing and in the process put other countries' manufacturers out of business, should the U.S. go at it alone or band together with other countries?

From the latest in seed corn production technologies to the newest ideas for cover crop mixes to continued consolidation in the seed industry, we'll cover the 2025 seed selection waterfront in a series of stories starting the week of Oct. 7.

Every other year, Syngenta hosts its agricultural media summit, which this year was held in Greensboro, North Carolina. Here are some developments the company shared with journalists this year.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit last month rejected appeals filed by attorneys who represented farmers in the Syngenta corn settlement. The attorneys for years have been contesting court allocations of compensation for legal fees in the case.

November soybeans have been battered and beaten up. The market was already reeling when USDA came up with one million additional acres of soybeans planted and a record yield of 53.2 bpa. In the past few weeks, soybeans have registered new contract lows as funds reveled in...

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance systems.