agricultural commodities

Corn and Soybean Price Watch

Dale Sandlin Corn, Soybeans

The coming days could be important for the grain trade. Mark Oppold looks at what the potential expectations are for corn and soybeans. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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BASF Excited About the Release of Xitavo Soybean Lineup

Dale Sandlin Client Features, Field Crops, Soybeans

BASF has released their newest lineup of Enlist3 soybean varieties and we caught up with Jeff Mueller who shared the effort it took and the benefits that Xitavo soybeans brings to growers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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Archer Daniels Midland Closing SC Soybean Processing Plant

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Soybeans

Archer Daniels Midland said it will permanently close its soybean processing plant in Kershaw, South Carolina, later this spring as part of its cost-cutting plan announced earlier this year, according to Reuters.  The Kershaw plant is the smallest of more than a dozen dedicated soy processing facilities operated by ADM in the U.S., with the capacity to crush 50K bushels …

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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 …

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Weekly Crop Reports Resume

Dan Corn, Field Crops, Soybeans, Weather, Wheat

Weekly crop progress reports have started for another growing season. Mark Oppold looks through some of the early numbers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Plunge Following Tariff Announcement

Dan Census of Agriculture, Corn, Economy, Export/Import, Field Crops, Soybeans, Tariff, Wheat

Corn, soybean, and wheat futures all plunged in trading after President Trump said the U.S. would impose tariffs on several trading partners. The president said at an event at the White House Rose Garden that the U.S. would put a 54% tariff on goods imported from China, the world’s largest buyer of soybeans, which will take effect on April 9. …

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How Agricultural Commodities Fared in First Quarter of 2025

Dan Commodities, Corn, Cotton, Economy, Field Crops, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Wheat

With March over, we just completed the first quarter of trading in 2025. So today, Mark Oppold takes time to review how certain agricultural commodities have performed thus far this year. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024