agricultural economy

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Board released its October 2023 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. The report included several observations…

Reuters writer Karl Plume reported yesterday that, "Low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are likely to persist through at least January despite expected above-normal precipitation across the southern…

DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Micik Dehlinger reported yesterday that, "The retail prices of all eight major fertilizers climbed higher in the second week of October, with anhydrous, MAP and…

DTN Managing Editor Anthony Greder reported yesterday that, "The nation's soybean harvest jumped to a 10-point lead over the five-year average, and the corn harvest also remained slightly ahead of…

Peter S. Goodman reported in Sunday's New York Times that, "Farmers are grappling with shocks that made fertilizer scarce and unaffordable, diminishing harvests, raising food prices and spreading hunger."

In its monthly Grain: World Markets and Trade report on Thursday, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service indicated that, "Since June 2023, hot and dry conditions along the Mississippi River valley…

Reuters writer Mark Weinraub reported yesterday that, "U.S. corn and soybean harvests will be smaller than previously forecast, with hot and dry weather during critical parts of the growing season…

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported yesterday that, "Retail fertilizer prices continued to be evenly split the first week of October 2023 with half lower and half higher compared to last…

Emily Anthes reported on the front page of today's New York Times that, "Scientists have used the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to create chickens that have some resistance to…

Late last week, Reuters writer Tom Polansek reported that, "The U.S. has detected its first case of avian flu on a commercial poultry farm since April, in a flock of…

In its October Market Monitor report, the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) indicated that, "Fertilizer prices were mostly up in September along with prices for main fertilizer inputs."

In its weekly Grain Transportation report on Thursday, the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service indicated that, "The Mississippi River System (MRS) comprises the Nation’s primary waterways for moving grain from Midwest…

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported yesterday that, "Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of September 2023 are showing a more pronounced split as some prices rise…

Reuters writer Julie Ingwersen reported yesterday that, "The U.S. corn and soy harvests were 23% complete by Sunday, government data showed on Monday, slightly behind analysts' expectations that both crops…

Late last week, DTN reported that, "United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on Sept. 1, 2023, was 74.3 million head. This was up slightly from Sept. 1, 2022,…

Dow Jones writer Kirk Maltais reported on Friday that, "Wheat for December delivery fell 6.6% to $5.40 3/4 a bushel, on the Chicago Board of Trade on Friday, with heavy…

Bloomberg writer Michael Hirtzer reported on Friday that, "America’s crop exports are once again at risk due to a diminished Mississippi River."

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported today that, "Russia carried out a big wave of air strikes on three Ukrainian regions early on Thursday in which Ukrainian officials said some attack…

Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman and Tarso Veloso Ribeiro reported yesterday that, "For US corn farmers, the rise of green jet fuel is their best hope of staving off an existential…

Donnelle Eller reported on the front page of Sunday's Des Moines Register that, "Drought, now [Iowa's] longest in two decades, encompasses most of Iowa, a new U.S. Drought Monitor shows.…