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Cotton futures hit contract highs as short covering lifted prices, but weak demand and rising costs are keeping profitability out of reach. Texas Tech’s Darren Hudson breaks down what it means for growers heading into 2026.
China is rapidly expanding its economic relationship with African countries while U.S. engagement remains uncertain, raising questions about future export markets for American agriculture.
NOAA and CPC issue an official El Niño watch with a 62% chance of forming by late summer. Meteorologist Drew Lerner explains why it’s coming sooner than expected, but warns the extreme forecasts may be overstated. What it could mean for global crops this year.
As farmers focus on changes to crop insurance ahead of the March 16 deadline, Ben Rand says some of the most valuable risk tools have existed for years, but there are also key changes farmers shouldn’t overlook.
After showing relative weakness most of this week, wheat led strength overnight, challenging the psychological $6.00 mark.
Key U.S. inflation report out this morning
Who owns the Heartland? New data reveals more than half of principal landlords having never farmed and a third now aged 75 or older.
Crisis could squeeze farm margins in way that Russia-Ukraine war did not: NDSU study