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Southern Crop Finances Weaken As Livestock Conditions Improve
NASHVILLE, TN – Southern crop producers continue facing deteriorating financial conditions in 2026, while livestock […]
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Beef Labeling Review Reopens Industry Divide Over COOL
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has reopened the debate over mandatory country-of-origin labeling for […]
FAPRI Outlook Shows Crops Struggling While Cattle Strengthen
COLUMBIA, MO – U.S. agriculture remains divided between pressured crop margins and historically strong cattle […]
Railroads Say Capacity Ready For Heavy Harvest Demand
LUBBOCK, TX – Major U.S. railroads say they have enough locomotives, grain cars and crews […]
Soybean Leader Ray Gaesser Remembered For Agricultural Service
CORNING, IA – Iowa farmer and longtime agricultural leader Ray Gaesser died Saturday following an […]
Beef Market Expectations Shift Value Across Supply Chain
LUBBOCK, TX – Beef markets repriced sharply during August even though underlying cattle supplies changed […]
Thailand Protein Milk Boom Boosts U.S. Whey Opportunity
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Thailand’s rapidly growing high-protein milk market is creating a stronger export opportunity […]
Farm Bill Payments Reduce Loan Stress More Effectively
NASHVILLE, TN – Farm Bill safety-net payments appear more effective than some emergency programs at […]
Farm Debt Climbs As Sector Solvency Weakens Further
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. farm sector debt is forecast to reach a record $605.1 billion […]
Trump Orders Stronger Livestock Enforcement Processing Access Expansion
WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has ordered USDA to strengthen livestock-market enforcement and expand […]
Harvest Grain Movement Strengthens As Transportation Costs Rise
NASHVILLE, TN – U.S. grain transportation demand is strengthening ahead of harvest, but higher rail […]
Lean Beef Imports Help Fill Ground-Beef Supply Gap
LUBBOCK, TX – Imported lean beef plays a complicated role in the U.S. cattle market, […]
USDA Plans Crop Reviews To Explain Forecast Accuracy
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA plans a new annual review showing how crop forecasts changed during […]
Imported Beef Discount Reflects Existing Market Price Spread
COLUMBIA, MO – Imported lean beef may already be trading at roughly the discount President […]
EPA Proposes Narrower Water Test For Federal Jurisdiction
WASHINGTON, DC – EPA and the Army are considering a narrower test for determining which […]
Expanded LRP Coverage Reduces Risk For Herd Rebuilding
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA is expanding Livestock Risk Protection coverage for 2027, giving cow-calf producers […]
Guatemala E10 Launch Opens New U.S. Ethanol Market
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA – Guatemala has begun nationwide E10 blending, creating a new export opportunity […]
Farm Economy Remains Stuck In Uneven Recovery Period
LUBBOCK, TX – The U.S. farm economy remains in a weak and uneven period, with […]
USDA Tests Satellites And AI For Crop Estimates
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA plans to test whether satellite observations, administrative records, and modern modeling […]
Consumers Favor Grocery Meat As Restaurant Demand Softens
MANHATTAN, KS – U.S. consumers showed stronger willingness to pay for meat at grocery stores […]
Farm Income Falls Despite Surge In Government Payments
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. farm profits are forecast to decline in 2026 even as federal […]
DOJ Expands Beef Price Probe Into Major Retailers
WASHINGTON, DC – The Justice Department has expanded its beef affordability investigation to eight major […]
Beef Stocks Tighten While Turkey Inventories Keep Building
WASHINGTON, DC – Frozen beef and pork inventories declined entering August while turkey stocks continued […]
Extra-Long-Staple Cotton Mill Use Jumps As Stocks Tighten
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. mill consumption of extra-long-staple cotton rebounded sharply in July, giving growers […]
High Heifer Prices Raise Stakes For Herd Rebuilding
LUBBOCK, TX – Record cattle prices are making replacement-heifer decisions increasingly expensive for cow-calf producers, […]
California E15 Expansion Could Boost Corn Ethanol Demand
SACRAMENTO, CA – California is moving closer to widespread E15 availability, potentially opening one of […]
Allendale Survey Cuts Corn Outlook, Soybeans Nearly Steady
WOODSTOCK, IL – Allendale projects a smaller 2026 U.S. corn crop than USDA’s August estimate, […]
Beef Industry May Produce More With Fewer Cattle
LUBBOCK, TX – The U.S. beef industry may be moving toward a system that produces […]
Ethanol Blend Rate Hits Record As E15 Grows
NASHVILLE, TN – Ethanol is taking a larger share of the U.S. gasoline market, strengthening […]
Growing Dairy Herd Lifts Milk Despite Replacement Costs
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. milk production expanded during the second quarter as dairy farms added […]
Ethanol Demand Lifts July Corn Use Above Year
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. corn use for ethanol strengthened in July, providing additional domestic demand […]
Beef Cow Slaughter Drops As Retention Signals Strengthen
WASHINGTON, DC – Beef cow slaughter has fallen sharply in 2026, adding another sign that […]
More Milk Plants Share Shrinking Beverage Milk Market
WASHINGTON, DC – More U.S. beverage milk plants are operating in a market consuming substantially […]
South Plains Drought Forces Ranchers Into Winter Planning
LUBBOCK, TX – Severe drought across the Texas South Plains is forcing cattle producers to […]
USDA Modernization Plan Targets Better Data, Fewer Surveys
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA is launching a broad modernization effort aimed at reducing the producer […]
Farmer Sentiment Improves As Future Expectations Turn Higher
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – U.S. farmer sentiment improved for a second straight month in August, […]
Heavier Cattle Offset Part Of Beef Production Decline
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. beef production continues to run below last year as fewer cattle […]
Texas Releases First Screwworm Zones After Eradication Progress
LUBBOCK, TX – Texas has removed New World screwworm movement restrictions from the first eligible […]
Corn Export Inspections Rise As China Takes Sorghum
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. corn export inspections increased during the week ending August 27, while […]
Cash-Futures Divide Complicates Risk Management For Cattle Feeders
AMARILLO, TX – A widening gap between cash cattle prices and futures is making risk […]
EPA Promises Full Reallocation After Refinery Exemptions Expand
WASHINGTON, DC – EPA granted a new round of 2025 small refinery exemptions but says […]
USDA Launches Broad Initiative To Rebuild Cattle Herd
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA is launching a broad package of programs aimed at rebuilding the […]
Freight Costs Raise U.S. Grain Prices Into Japan
NASHVILLE, TN – Higher transportation expenses increased the cost of delivering U.S. corn and soybeans […]
Seasonal Lobster Quality Creates Wide Market Price Differences
LUBBOCK, TX – Lobster prices can vary sharply through the year because quality changes with […]
Protein Demand Reshapes How U.S. Dairy Milk Moves
LUBBOCK, TX – Growing consumer demand for protein is changing where U.S. milk is moving, […]
Farmland Study Finds China-Linked Deals Concentrated Near Bases
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – China-linked agricultural land transactions were disproportionately concentrated in counties containing U.S. […]
Beef-On-Dairy Cattle Help Fill Mexican Feeder Supply Gap
LUBBOCK, TX – Beef-on-dairy cattle are helping some Texas Panhandle feedlots replace Mexican feeder cattle […]
China Rebound Could Lift U.S. Farm Exports Higher
WASHINGTON, DC – USDA expects a sharp rebound in agricultural exports to China during fiscal […]
Fed Chair Says Agriculture Is Showing Economic Strains
JACKSON HOLE, WY – Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says agriculture is among the sectors […]
Kansas Grain Shipper Challenges Rare Railroad Rate Case
LUBBOCK, TX – A Kansas grain company has filed a formal rail-rate complaint with the […]