News & Analysis

Corn, soybeans and wheat open the week with a mildly firmer tone. Livestock futures are mixed with a generally softer tone.

Bio-diesel blends are gaining popularity in home heating oil, especially in the northeastern U.S. Listen to Greg Anderson from the National Bio-diesel Board discuss this burgeoning opportunity with AgriTalk host Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen.

Grain and soy futures face profit taking this morning as livestock futures are mixed with hog futures under pressure.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration updates its forecasts on energy prices and home heating fuels.

Wheat futures open the week firmer with corn and soybeans chopping around near unchanged. Cattle futures are rebounding from last week's price pressure and lean hog futures are higher.

Corn, soybeans and wheat futures open the week with a weaker tone as livestock futures get off to a mildly softer start.

Crude shipments to China skyrocketed in July. If China remains a buyer, it would seem there is more than price motivating demand.

Corn, soybean and wheat futures open the week under moderate pressure with livestock futures slightly lower.

Chip Flory and Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer discuss details of CFAP-2 with USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey in this segment recorded for AgriTalk Radio.

Members of OPEC+ met virtually this week to discuss production cuts and to remedy overproduction among its membership.