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Sentiment in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor is improving and no one sees the downturn deepening, but interest rates, elevated input costs and corn’s shaky price outlook still cloud the path to 2027.
The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance its Farm Bill after a 10-11 vote yesterday, with disagreements over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cost-sharing preventing the measure from moving forward before Congress’s August recess.
Senate Ag Committee’s 10-11 farm bill vote stalls the legislation, but a bipartisan 17-6 vote on mandatory country-of-original labeling keeps mandatory beef labeling alive for a potential September revote.
Farm bill fails to make it out of Senate Ag Committee
Tighter global stocks, new trade deals, and a higher MAL base rate alter the downside risk setup as the new marketing year opens.
As input costs remain elevated, fall lease deadlines are putting renewed focus on cash rents and farmland values.
Acres effected are up nearly 40% over the past month
Corn, soybeans and wheat each traded in tight ranges overnight, straying little from unchanged.
Soybean bulls hoping for big weekly USDA bean export sales number
A year after StoneX’s survey shocked the market, two StoneX economists sit down for an exclusive interview, saying this year’s numbers tell a very different story about what will drive prices.
Wheat saw corrective strength overnight while corn and soybeans continue to slid lower.
More rain for the Midwest into Thursday
Livestock purchases hit $74.4 billion in 2025, topping feed costs for the first time in 41 years of USDA data — a shift driven by surging protein demand and cheap grain, but one that threatens to extend the cattle herd rebuilding cycle.
Equipment stocks jumped after Q2 earnings, but CEO Gerrit Marx says depressed crop prices and high input costs are keeping a full recovery on hold.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each favored the downside in overnight trade and are giving up most of yesterday’s gain.