crop reporting

Crop Planting Progress Makes Big Improvement Week over Week

Dale Sandlin Corn, Field Crops, General, Soybeans, USDA

Corn and Soybean Planting is in high gear over the past week with both crops making a big increase according to USDA’s crop planting progress report released earlier this week. Brad Rippey, USDA Meteorologist, provides a breakdown on the planting progress in the reporting states. Five of the reporting states for corn  and six of the reporting states for soybeans …

Farm Credit of Northwest Florida Welcomes New CEO

Dale Sandlin Agri-Business, Funding

Farm Credit of Northwest Florida has a new CEO. Stacy Sikes, a native of Cobbtown, Georgia, brings with him a long history within the Farm Credit System, working as the Director of Farm Credit Express within Horizon Farm Credit and as a loan officer and area vice president for Ag South Farm Credit. We had the opportunity to sit down …

exports

US Trade Representative Revises Proposed Port Service Fees

Dale Sandlin Markets, Trade

The US Trade Representative published revisions to the port service fees last week. The fees, designed to restore the shipbuilding industry in the US, were changed due to nearly 600 public comments being received including a two-day public hearing. These changes were made with the design of limiting disruption for U.S. exporters. Exporters are responding to these changes and the …

colleges

Wanting Peanut Ambassador’s at Colleges

Dan Education, Peanuts

We told you yesterday that the National Peanut Board has a new promotion working with colleges in certain areas of the country to start a new club to encourage students to eat more peanuts. According to Tyron Spearman, they are looking for Ambassador’s to help in this venture. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners …

cautious rebound

Cautious Rebound on Wall Street

Dan Commodities, Economy

It’s been a cautious rebound this week for Wall Street. Mark Oppold has been watching the slow upward movement. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Global Cotton

Global Cotton Forecast at a Seven-Year High

Dan Cotton

The USDA’s cotton projections for 2024-2025 forecast global cotton production at 120.9 million bales, down slightly month-over-month but a seven percent increase from 2023-2024. It’s also the highest total since 2017-2018. The major cotton-producing countries are projected to be mixed in 2024-2025, as declines in India and Pakistan are offset by larger year-over-year increases in China, Brazil, the United States, …

Great Plains

American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Insurance, Conservation Techniques Revive Great Plains Agriculture

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Conservation, Crop Insurance, Economy, Environment, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers discovered that the Great Plains were not all that great. They found very harsh climate with tornadoes, blizzards, drought, hailstorms, floods and grasshoppers. It made for high risks and ruined many crops and many settlers that became financially ruined and either protested through the populist movement or went back …

cattle futures

Watching Prices for Cattle Futures

Dan Cattle, Commodities, Economy, Marketing

Some new highs have been seen when it comes to cattle futures. Mark Oppold has been watching what has transpired over the past week. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Farm bankruptcies

Farm Bankruptcies Climbing in 2025

Dan Agri-Business, Economy

Farm bankruptcies grew 55 percent from 2023 to 2024 and are trending even higher in 2025. Farmers are continuing to struggle with low prices for their agricultural commodities and the high costs of inputs needed to grow those crops. Bloomberg says unpredictable tariffs, immigration overhauls, federal programs being cut, and frozen USDA funding are now part of the challenges farmers …