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USDA upped the ante this year by providing greater incentives like higher rental payments as part of the Biden administration’s all-of-government approach to tackling climate change.

Find updates to our short-term, intermediate- and long-term trends for commodity and key outside markets.

Grain and soy futures are under hefty pressure on improved rain chances in the coming weeks. Feeder cattle futures are sharply higher with fat cattle near unchanged. Lean hog futures are under pressure.

Grains, soybeans down sharply as Midwest rains ease dryness concerns.

Rains for the dry Northern Plains and western Corn Belt are expected to be erratic the next two weeks, with warm temperatures likely to persist. Nevertheless, grain and soy futures are under heavy pressure.

Editor Brian Grete and Davis Michaelsen discuss market declines into the weekend and this week’s S&D reports...

Private analytics firm IHS Markit trimmed its 2021 U.S. corn planted acreage estimate by 310,000, dropping it to 96.54 million acres, which is still above most private forecasts.

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