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The final wheat head and spikelet counts were made during Day 3 of the Wheat Quality Council's 2025 Hard Winter Wheat Tour. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)
Hard Winter Wheat Tour Final Results
5/15/2025 | 4:35 PM CDT
Wheat Tour Results Outpace USDA Yield Estimate While Predicting Lower Production
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Members of the House Agriculture Committee spent most of Tuesday night and all day Wednesday debating $290 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The committee's budget reconciliation package also includes provisions to boost farm programs and crop insurance. The committee advanced its package on a party-line 29-25 vote. (Image from committee livestream)
Farm Program Changes in Reconciliation
5/15/2025 | 7:03 AM CDT
House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill Reconciliation Package Along Party Lines
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Monday's USDA update contained a bullish surprise with 2025-26 soybean ending stocks pegged at 295 mb (in green). That leaves very little room for error, especially considering they assumed a record 52.5 bpa yield. If all else remains the same and yield ends up at 51 bpa, the carryover falls to levels not seen since 2013 (in orange). (USDA and DTN data, DTN chart)
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5/15/2025 | 12:08 PM CDT
Relatively Tight 2025-26 Soybean Ending Stocks Will Increase Weather Sensitivity, Market...
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Caleb Ragland, a Kentucky farmer and president of the American Soybean Association, pointed out tariffs on soybeans being sold to China are now almost as high as 2018 trade war. He said agriculture needs greater market access to avoid the risks of a farm crisis similar to the 1980s. (DTN photo and image from livestream)
ASA Calls for Greater Ag Market Access
5/15/2025 | 12:46 PM CDT
Soybean Farmer Tells Senators Tariffs Now Approaching Height of 2018 Trade War
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Lee Scheufler, left, a farmer from Sterling, Kansas, describes how wheat pollinates to Cindy Li with Bimbo Bakeries USA based in Zanesville, Ohio, during Day 2 of the 2025 Hard Winter Wheat Tour. The two were part of a scouting team that assessed fields along routes from Colby to Wichita, Kansas. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)
Hard Winter Wheat Tour Day 2 Results
5/14/2025 | 11:16 PM CDT
Yield Estimates Increase as Day 2 Winter Wheat Tour Averages 53.3 BPA
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  1. Wheat Tour Results Outpace USDA Yield Estimate While Predicting Lower Production

  2. House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill Reconciliation Package Along Party Lines

  3. Relatively Tight 2025-26 Soybean Ending Stocks Will Increase Weather Sensitivity...

  4. Soybean Farmer Tells Senators Tariffs Now Approaching Height of 2018 Trade War

  5. Yield Estimates Increase as Day 2 Winter Wheat Tour Averages 53.3 BPA

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Monday's USDA update contained a bullish surprise with 2025-26 soybean ending stocks pegged at 295 mb (in green). That leaves very little room for error, especially considering they assumed a record 52.5 bpa yield. If all else remains the same and yield ends up at 51 bpa, the carryover falls to levels not seen since 2013 (in orange). (USDA and DTN data, DTN chart)

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The tax package cleared by the House Ways & Means Committee this week would re-establish 100% bonus depreciation, increase the Section 179 deduction, increase the deduction for qualified business income and increase the exemption for assets under the estate tax. (DTN file photo)

Six Tax Changes Made for Farm Businesses in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

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Hard Winter Wheat Tour Day 2 Results

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Lee Scheufler, left, a farmer from Sterling, Kansas, describes how wheat pollinates to Cindy Li with Bimbo Bakeries USA based in Zanesville, Ohio, during Day 2 of the 2025 Hard Winter Wheat Tour. The two were part of a scouting team that assessed fields along routes from Colby to Wichita, Kansas. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)

Yield Estimates Increase as Day 2 Winter Wheat Tour Averages 53.3 BPA

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