The Northern Plains and parts of the Corn Belt are unseasonably cold. Some major snowstorms were reported through the week which makes any planting...

The winter wheat crop is not off to a great start this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started reporting weekly conditions for...

China's response to U.S. tariffs was targeted and aimed at key agricultural products. Tariffs were placed on soybeans, some corn products and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released two of its biggest reports this week. The first is the Quarterly Grain Stocks report, which tracks...

Next week's U.S. Department of Agriculture reports on expected spring planted area and quarterly grain stocks are being overshadowed by fears...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports for quarterly stocks and planting intentions not due out until the end of the month, markets...

We are not to new crop estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture yet and the fall-harvested crops are known. So the monthly World Agricultural...

With all of the activity in Washington, it can be hard to keep up with some of the less-covered agriculture policy stories. But this week, the...

Sometimes political discussions in the U.S. Capitol are largely ignored by agricultural markets. Other times, we see a very clear connection,...

A confluence of forces is taking vegetable oil markets lower. Soybean oil and palm oil prices (among others) have been on the defensive for the...

Last week's U.S. jobs report showed steady unemployment at 4.1 percent and a better-than-expected 200,000 jobs added while wages have increased....

This week was a clear economic lesson for those who wanted to understand the impact of currency values, as a weaker U.S. dollar led to a spike...