Your Pro Farmer Newsletter (October 11, 2025) is now available

The ongoing shutdown of the federal government led to a quiet week of trade ahead of Friday. On Friday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social discussing heightened trade barriers with China, which sent markets spiraling lower. Still, without the October Crop Production and Supply and Demand reports, traders have went to the sidelines, with volume falling below average. Still, sentiment is improving in row-crop agriculture, as we discuss on news page 4, with many producers thinking a bottom is near at hand, evidence by significant on farm storage. Live cattle futures saw a break from consolidative price action, surging higher after impressive gains in feeders. We cover all of these items and much more in this week’s newsletter.