Cash Market Moves
Ag Groups Urge Congress to Act on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) in a press release on April 30 said it has joined with 38 other leading agricultural organizations in...
Spring Wheat Planting Challenging for Some Farmers in the Northern Plains
Farmers in South Dakota got an early start to spring wheat planting, while farmers in North Dakota were waiting for the ground to thaw in...
First Official Saltie Arrives in Duluth-Superior From Germany
It was a cold, damp morning in Duluth, Minnesota, on April 21, when the first official saltie (a common name for visiting ocean-going vessels) of...
Cache River Flooding Washes Away Planted Crops, Stalls Further Planting
The Cache River is a tributary of the White River in northeastern Arkansas and flows into the White River below Clarendon, Arkansas. “It doesn’t take...
CBOT Launches New Hard Red Spring Wheat Contract on CME Platform
On March 18, the CME Group announced the “Initial Listing of the Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures and Options on Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures...
Heavy Rain Pushes Ohio River Above Major Flood Stage, Stalling Barges
As the rains began last week in the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi river valleys and kept coming through the weekend, the Ohio River in Cincinnati...
Farmer Testifies at USTR Hearing That Proposed Fees Will Harm US Farmers
During the March 24 U.S Trade Representative (USTR) public hearing on proposed fees on Chinese ship operators and Chinese-built ships, Mike Koehne, a soybean farmer...