DTN writer Russ Quinn reported yesterday that, "Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of September 2022 continue to show varied prices. Five of the eight major…
Reuters writer Tom Polansek reported yesterday that, "The world is heading toward the tightest grain inventories in years despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine, as the shipments are too…
Bloomberg writer Aine Quinn reported today that, "Russia’s wheat harvest could reach a historic 100 million tons, according to consultant SovEcon, with the commodity piling up at home as the…
Patrick Thomas reported in today's Wall Street Journal that, "A lackluster U.S. harvest this year is setting back efforts to relieve a global food supply that has been constrained by…
CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division, in partnership with the University of Missouri, released a report yesterday titled, "The Importance of Off-Farm Income to the Agricultural Economy."
Wall Street Journal writer Ken Thomas reported today that, "The White House said Thursday it had reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that threatened to shut…
Jeanna Smialek reported on the front page of today's New York Times that, "Price increases remained uncomfortably rapid in August as a broad array of goods and services became more…
Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman, Michael Hirtzer, and Tarso Veloso Ribeiro reported yesterday that, "Soybean futures climbed 5.4%, the most in more than a year, after a closely watched crop report…
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Board released its August 2022 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. The report included several observations pertaining…
The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) indicated on Thursday that, "Net farm income, a broad measure of profits, is forecast to increase by $7.3 billion (5.2 percent) from 2021 to…
Bloomberg writer Agnieszka de Sousa reported today that, "Global food prices fell for a fifth month after demand for some products weakened and there was a seasonal uptick in supplies."
Earlier this week, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri released its latest baseline update for U.S. agricultural markets.
In an update last week from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, “Ag Credit Conditions Remain Strong as Risks Grow,” Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman stated that, "Agricultural credit conditions…
Kirk Maltais reported today at The Wall Street Journal Online that, "The worst drought in a decade is posing fresh challenges to farmers in the Corn Belt who already are…
Dow Jones writer Paulo Trevisani reported yesterday that, "Initial reports from the Pro Farmer crop tour point to disappointing yield potential."
Matthew Dalton, Jim Carlton and Sha Hua reported on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal that, "Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways…
Tony Briscoe reported on the front page of Wednesday's Los Angeles Times that, "After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions Tuesday, the U.S…
In its monthly World Agricultural Production report Friday, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) indicated that, "European Union (EU) (MY) 2022/23 corn production is forecast at 60.0 million metric tons…
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis released updates regarding farm income, farmland values and agricultural credit conditions from the second quarter of 2022.
Don Lee reported on the front page of today's Los Angeles Times that, "After months of steadily climbing to a 40-year high, the pace of inflation slowed notably in July…