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Going into the final weeks of the year, many growers across the country are shouldering significant financial strain from land rent payments, rising input costs, and efforts to stay in business and viable until commodity prices improve.
The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California challenging the Labor Department’s recent interim final rule that revises how wage rates are set for the H‑2A visa program.
Corn is clinging to unchanged while soybeans and wheat futures fall. Cattle futures are sharply lower with lean hogs mildly higher to start the week...
Corn, soybeans and wheat favored the upside in early overnight trade but have since turned lower.
Price-friendly USDA cattle-on-feed report
Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.04 million head, down 10% from 2024
Susan Olson, of Action Intel, analyzes barge movement and logistics and says the past few weeks show a divergence in how grain is getting to export markets.
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Tight supplies and strong demand have pushed beef prices and producer profitability to historic highs. After peaking in 2025, CattleFax analyst Kevin Good forecasts prices will see a modest correction while fundamentals remain strong.
USDA Under Secretary Richard Fordyce says USDA’s new phase of the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program expands eligibility, requires in-person enrollment and targets losses from the 2023 and 2024 weather disasters.