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The wheat complex is trading with losses across most contracts so far on the Thursday session. Chicago SRW futures are down 9 to 10 cents in most contracts. KC HRW futures are down 5 to 6 cents at midday. MPLS spring wheat is steady to a penny lower. Crude oil...

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Soybeans Back to Steady on Friday

Soybeans are mixed on Friday, within a penny of unchanged on Friday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 1 cent at $10.99. Soymeal futures are $1.50 to 1.70 on the day, with Soy Oil futures down 120 to 130 points. The latter is pressured with crude oil...

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Cattle Falling Ahead of Cattle on Feed Report

Live cattle futures are posting $1.45 to $1.65 losses on Friday. Cash trade has picked up this week, with $248 sales across the country. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,222 head, with bids of $246-247. Feeder cattle futures are trading with contracts...

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Corn Slipping Lower on Friday

Corn futures are trading with 1 to 2 cent losses in most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1 cent at $4.10 1/4. Crude oil is falling $11.27 on the day following Iran agreeing to open the Strait of Hormuz this morning. Export Sales...

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Cotton Reverting from Early Losses at Friday’s Midday

Cotton futures are trading with contracts up 95 to 110 points so far on Friday after falling lower early this morning. The US dollar index is $0.270 lower at $97.775. Crude oil is falling $11.27 on the day following Iran agreeing to open the Strait of Hormuz this morning. USDA...

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Sugar Prices Sink as Crude Oil Plunges

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is down -0.41 (-3.00%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is down -7.10 (-1.70%). Sugar prices are sinking today, with NY sugar falling to a 5.5-year nearest-futures low. Today's -12% plunge in crude oil prices (CLK26) is hammering sugar...

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Takeaways from AP-Grist reporting on federal support for rural renewable energy

The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers

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Some American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules

Farmers in the U.S. operate on the thinnest of margins, and some have looked to renewable energy as a way to cut costs on electricity

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Hogs Look to Round Out Week of Weakness

Lean hog futures were mostly lower on Thursday, with contracts down anywhere from a tick to 67 cents. Open interest was down 1,538 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.16 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.742 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was...

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Cattle Traders Look to Square Up Ahead of Cattle on Feed Report

Live cattle futures closed the Thursday with contracts down $1.67 to $3.45. There were 3 deliveries for April retendered in Dodge City on Thursday, with another 20 deliveries tendered in West Point. Open interest slipped 1,576 contracts on Thursday, suggesting some longs were exiting. Cash trade has picked up this...

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Cotton Rally Continuing on Friday Morning

Cotton price action is up 60 to 75 points on Friday morning. Futures continued the rally on Thursday, with contracts closing 11 to 71 points higher on the session. The US dollar index was $0.184 higher at $98.035. Crude oil was up $1.90 on the day. USDA Export Sales data...

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Cattle Fade Back Lower on Thursday

Live cattle futures closed the Thursday with contracts down $1.67 to $3.45. There were 3 deliveries for April retendered in Dodge City on Thursday, with another 20 deliveries tendered in West Point. Cash trade has picked up this week, with a few $248 sales in the South, as last week...

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Hogs Face Weakness on Thursday

Lean hog futures were mostly lower on Thursday, with contracts down anywhere from a tick to 67 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.16 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.742 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 27 cents on April 14 at $90.60....

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Sugar Prices Follow Crude Oil Higher

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Thursday closed up +0.15 (+1.11%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +6.00 (+1.46%). Sugar prices settled higher on Thursday as a +3% rally in crude oil prices (CLK26 ) sparked short covering in sugar futures. Higher crude...

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Hogs Continue Weakness on Thursday

Lean hog futures are showing mixed action on Thursday, with newly appointed front month May up a nickel and other contracts down 20 to 50 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 27 cents on April 14 at...

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Crude Oil Strength Sparks Short Covering in Sugar

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is up +0.15 (+1.11%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +6.20 (+1.50%). Sugar prices are moving higher today as a +2% rally in crude oil price (CLK26 ) sparked short covering in sugar futures. Higher crude prices...

The Texas Tribune

She won a $7M grant to teach Texans how to farm. Then the Trump administration yanked it over DEI.

Diana Padilla has spent a decade teaching Rio Grande Valley residents how to farm and was set to expand across the rest of the state, first in Kaufman County.

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Hogs Look to Thursday Trade

Lean hog futures were steady to 50 cents lower on Wednesday, with expiring April up 20 cents. Open interest was up 2,303 contracts on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.88 on Wednesday afternoon, up $1.11 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back...

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Parasitic flies that eat human tissue to lay eggs in open wounds are just 90 miles from US border, officials confirm

Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, described the New World screwworm as a ‘direct and imminent threat’ to his state

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Hogs Slip Lower on Wednesday

Lean hog futures were steady to 50 cents lower on Wednesday, with expiring April up 20 cents. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.88 on Wednesday afternoon, up $1.11 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back up 6 cents on April 13 at $90.33....

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Persistent Global Surpluses Sink Sugar Prices

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.37 (-2.67%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) closed down -4.70 (-1.11%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and sold off sharply, with NY sugar sinking to a 5.5-year nearest-futures low. Sugar prices...

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Hogs Leaking Lower on Wednesday

Lean hog futures are trading with 40 to 70 cent losses at midday, with April up 22 cents as it expires today. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.20 on Wednesday morning, up $1.94 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back up 6 cents...

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Sugar Prices Sink on Expectations for the Global Sugar Surplus to Persist

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) today is down -0.29 (-2.09%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) is down -5.80 (-1.37%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance today and sold off, with NY sugar sinking to a 5.5-year nearest-futures low. Sugar prices have been under pressure...

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Hogs Look to Wednesday After Tuesday Weakness

Lean hog futures posted Tuesday losses of 5 to 72 cents, as April was steady ahead of the Wednesday expiration. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $90.77 on Tuesday afternoon, up $1.73 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was back down a penny on April...

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