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Some row-crop growers are converting acres, banking on long-term opportunities with beef. Others are staying the course with crops but embracing ways to add some dollars to their bottom line in the short-term.
Dollar weakness has provided a cushion, but is a double-edge sword for U.S. farmers
The USDA is preparing to unlock more than $3 billion in assistance for American farmers that had been held up due to the shutdown. These funds — drawn from the Commodity Credit Corporation — were originally earmarked to help producers affected by plunging crop prices, soaring input costs and export disruptions tied to trade policies.
Corn, soybeans and wheat saw strength in the latter portion of the overnight session and went into the break trading higher.
Marketplace monitoring gold and silver price action
“A lot of what Mexico is doing right now is passive surveillance, and what they need to be doing is active surveillance.”