August could be a volatile month for some commodities on the trading floor. Mark Oppold explains why this could be true for soybeans and what they will be looking at this month. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
NPPC Releases Q3 Economic Update
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) released its third-quarter pork industry economic update covering the top pork industry issues, current trends, and marketing issues impacting U.S. farmers. Among the biggest takeaways, California’s Prop 12 creates significant challenges and market uncertainty for pig farmers across the country and has far-reaching implications beyond the pork industry. High production costs continue to be a major …
Tracking Agricultural Markets
With July ending, Mark Oppold looks at how some of the agricultural markets did this month. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Grocery Prices Stabilizing, Dining Out Cost Rising
The cost of eating at home is stabilizing, but dining out may cost more. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The latest information from the USDA says that rise in grocery prices that we’ve been feeling is leveling off, and looks to be stable for the rest of the year. However, experts say the cost of eating out …
Various Factors Affecting the Grain Trade
There are various factors affecting the grain trade at this time. Mark Oppold looks at those and also has an update on the oil and gas markets. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Watching the Stock Market
Many eyes are on the stock market this week after a run of higher closes. But as Mark Oppold reports, this is a heavy earnings week. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
CoBank: U.S. Economic Slowdown Likely Ahead
The U.S. economy continues to defy gravity and remains strong despite lingering inflationary pressures, higher borrowing costs and a barrage of other headwinds. However, looming risks to the economy are increasing in number and size. CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange says the full impact of monetary policy actions–raising interest rates, quantitative easing and contracting the money supply–have yet to be felt. Those …
Good July for Most Agricultural Companies
Most agricultural companies have enjoyed a good July to this point. But as Mark Oppold reports, that’s not the case for the year thus far. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Turkey Production Up, Prices Down
Instead of Christmas in July, how about Thanksgiving in July? That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Forecasts for turkey production are up. Price forecasts are down. Gary Crawford reports. I noticed a number of radio stations and TV channels are doing Christmas in July programming so I decided to try Thanksgiving in July taking a look at that …
U.S. Consumers’ Food Spending Hit Record High in 2022
Consumers spent a record amount on food last year. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. New data from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) shows consumer spending on food reached a record in 2022. Real, or inflation-adjusted, annual food spending in the United States increased steadily from 1997 to 2022, except in 2008 and 2009 during the Great Recession …