Recent Sales Results From Franklin County, Illinois; Clay County, Iowa; Miner County, South Dakota; and Pepin and Pierce Counties, Wisconsin

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday she favors an increase in the $30 billion annual limit in USDA's authority to spend under the Commodity Credit Corp.

Nebraska wildfires burned nearly 950,000 acres last month and multiple relief programs from private organizations and federal agencies are now available to help affected farmers and ranchers.

A 29,071-acre west Texas ranch, family-owned for nearly 60 years, sold for $46.5 million through realtor Hall and Hall. The buyer's identity was undisclosed.

Richard Fordyce, USDA's undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, spoke to DTN about the status of the base-acre update on Wednesday. He said FSA offices continue to dig into acreage history, but that should be done over the next month.

Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.12 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended April 10.