ARC Market Impact FAPRI, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri examined the Senate Ag Committee-approved farm bill proposal and forecasts that its impacts will include:
Slightly more land planted to corn (210,000 acres) and cotton (340,000 acres), and less to other crops; No change or slightly lower prices for some crops, but higher prices for peanuts and rice; and, Government payments would represent about 2 percent crop market values, but over 5 percent of cotton's market value.
Kick Argentina out of G20 Argentina is upset over a resolution in the U.S. Senate that recommends booting the country out of G20 membership due to dishonorable practices, such as expropriating property, ev...
Key Takeaways: President Trump announced $8 billion in additional agricultural assistance through the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, as USDA projects farm fuel and oil expenses will increase 28.8 percent in 2026. The package follows $12 billion in earlier relief, while government farm payments w...
Key Takeaways: A student group from the University of Chicago is protesting to bring back onion futures trading. Trading in onion futures was banned in 1958 following a spectacular bout of market manipulation that resulted in a corner of the physical market. The ban on onion futures led t...
Beef packer margins deteriorated to $141/head last week, down $55 from the prior week as fed cattle prices strengthened while the Choice cutout remained nearly unchanged. The cutout held near $373/cwt while fed cattle prices climbed $4/cwt to $224/cwt, narrowing processor profits. Despite the d...
