Export Sales and Shipments for May 9-15, 2025 Wheat: Net sales reductions of 13,400 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 438,400 MT were up 18 percent from the previous week, but down 5 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (134,900 MT), Mexico (83,800 MT), Nigeria (39,700 MT), Colombia (35,300 MT), and Malaysia (24,900 MT). Corn: Net sales of 1,190,800 MT for 2024/2025 were down 29 percent from the previous week and 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 1,589,400 MT were up 13 percent from the previous week, but down 4 percent from the prior 4-week average. The dest...
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What You Need to Know Today: The U.S. and Iran resumed missile strikes after a brief pause in fighting, raising concerns that the five-month conflict could expand across the Middle East. Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles, Kuwait reported a fatal strike, and drone attacks damaged two natural...
The Senate Agriculture Committee will take up the farm bill next week, and a number of amendments targeting the meat industry are expected to be offered. Two of the most potentially damaging are the Schumer amendment, based on his bill, the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, and mandatory co...
Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, published in 1770, is of a timeless quality. It is a 425-line lament for a disappearing rural world, where prosperous villages give way to larger estates, fewer farmers, and emigration. One passage even follows those leaving for the new colony of Georgia...