Monday, August 17, 2026 4:09PM CDT
Without a deal, the U.S. will hit Canada with 50% tariffs on Wednesday, involving roughly $20 billion in products, including dairy, cement, clothing, wine, furniture, and even hockey sticks. The fight over dairy highlights the outsized role the sector continues to play in U.S.-Canada trade disputes.
Monday, August 17, 2026 3:58PM CDT
Corn was rated 60% in good-to-excellent condition, and soybeans were rated 61% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, Aug. 16. Winter wheat harvest reached 96% complete.
Monday, August 17, 2026 1:39PM CDT
Midwest farmland values were flat year over year in the second quarter of 2026. But in real terms, when adjusted for inflation, values were down 3.7% from 2025 -- the largest real drop since 2016.
Minnesota and Wisconsin primaries reshaped key 2026 races, including the loss of Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig and a competitive House rematch involving Rep. Der...
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NASS bumped up both corn and soybean planted acreage by 1.4 million acres each in Wednesday's Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports. Am...
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Yield checks are a good way to size up the crop for volume and potential harvest losses, especially as diseases creep in that might threaten standability.
Several factors, including high hay prices, western U.S. drought, the U.S.-Mexico border reopening soon to cattle imports, and more consolidation in the meat-packing sector as Tyso...
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Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture on Wednesday examined issues around Brazil's production forecasts for 2027. Like U.S. farmers, Brazilian farmers face low comm...
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Almost 96% of the new cars sold in Norway last year were electric and EVs are making rapid inroads in other countries as well. The U.S. is an outlier. Will it remain one?
In this equipment roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at high diesel costs hitting returns; March equipment sales down; reports that Cat buys Monarch technology; Fieldwork Roboti...
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The U.S. has accomplished a lot in 250 years. Perhaps the best way to appreciate those accomplishments is by learning more about what they really are and how they truly came to be.
December corn is up 3 3/4 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 7 cents, December KC wheat is down 2 3/4 cents, September Chicago wheat is down 3 1/2 cents, and MIAX December Minneapolis wheat is up 0.0300 cents.
The close on Friday ended a tough week for cattle futures. The bombardment of expected negative news and lower cash trade pressured futures. Hog futures closed in negative territory with contracts closing below support.
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