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Politics
Government Regulation Hits Rural Landowner As Feds Claim Dry Ditch Is “Waters of US”
Government Regulation Hits Rural Landowner As Feds Claim Dry Ditch Is “Waters of US”

Federal officials say a dry depression on Dan Ward’s Iowa land, 100 miles from a navigable river, is “waters of the United States.”

Chris Bennett
Market Analysis
AgDay Markets Now: Jim McCormick Says Wheat Leads the Grains Monday. Are the Markets on the Verge of a Breakout?
AgDay Markets Now: Jim McCormick Says Wheat Leads the Grains Monday. Are the Markets on the Verge of a Breakout?

Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, says the wheat market is adding risk premium and if it keeps going corn and soybeans could follow producing a sustained fund short covering rally.

Michelle Rook
Pete's Pick of the Week
Machinery Pete: 33-Year-Old John Deere Fetches High Auction Haul
Machinery Pete: 33-Year-Old John Deere Fetches High Auction Haul

Machinery Pete continues to see higher than average farm equipment resale prices, and he has an idea why that is.

Matthew J. Grassi
Corn
Crop Progress Update: Planters Pick Up Steam Across Most States
Crop Progress Update: Planters Pick Up Steam Across Most States

Corn planting is now 2% ahead of the five year national average, while soybeans are currently 4% ahead, according to the April 22, 2024, USDA Crop Progress report.

Matthew J. Grassi
Market Analysis
Grain and Livestock Prices Higher in a "Risk On" Day, Adding Risk Premium: Is This Just the Start?
Grain and Livestock Prices Higher in a "Risk On" Day, Adding Risk Premium: Is This Just the Start?

A risk on day resulted in higher closes in both grain and livestock futures.  What drove the buying, and will it continue? Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, has details.  

Michelle Rook
Corn
How to Calculate Growing Degree Days (Simple Formula)
How to Calculate Growing Degree Days (Simple Formula)

Growing degree days (GDDs) are a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than calendar days. Start calculating GDDs daily the day after planting. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie explains.

Rhonda Brooks
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Opinions

Blue Line Futures
Blue Line Futures
Does the Cattle Rally Have Legs?

Cattle futures had a strong start to the week following Friday's Cattle on Feed report. Monday's trade took prices back to significant resistance levels, will they hold?

Blue Line Futures
Blue Line Futures
Grain Futures Rallied to Start the Week, Will it Last?

Grain markets were sharply higher in the first trading day of the week, will that strength continue in today's trade or will resistance hold?

Global Farmer Network
Global Farmer Network
A Win for Common Sense and Science

The ideological controversy over glyphosate in Mexico is over for today.

Jon Scheve
Jon Scheve
Is The US Tight On Corn Or Are Farmers Just Not Selling?

Jon Scheve discusses why basis is increasing across the US and what it will take for corn prices to rally in the next few months.