Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.01/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Wheat closed at $5.515/bushel, up $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Nov 24 Soybeans closed at $10/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Soymeal closed at $313/short ton, up $2.1 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Soyoil closed at 42.01 cents/lb down 0.12 cents from yesterday's close. Oct 24 Live Cattle closed at $178.6/cwt up $0.7 from yesterday's close. Oct 24 Feeder Cattle closed at $237.75/cwt up $1.075 from yesterday's close. Oct 24 Lean Hogs closed at $82.225/cwt up $0.05 from yesterday's close. Oct 24 WTI Crude Oil closed at $73.55/barrel down $2.36 from yesterday's close. ...
Weather concerns and the impacts of the war in Iran helped push wheat and corn to sharp gains Tuesday, with both markets blowing past key technical resistance levels. The weather is now coupled with geopolitical tensions that look increasingly hard to resolve, which is giving funds the perfect...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
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