Sep. corn $4.47 and 1/2, up 9 centsAug. soybeans $12.02 and 1/4, up 9 and 1/2 centsAug. soybean meal $318.90, up $1.50Aug. soybean oil 72.92, up 52 pointsSep. Chicago wheat

All signs continue to point to a year-over-year expansion in U.S. chicken production. The USDA says 254.005 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators, down 500,000 on the week, but

A pair of Midwestern farmers say the wet spring and summer has them keeping an eye out for crop diseases. Thomas Perkins started farming in central Illinois in Effingham County

A southwest Minnesota cattle breeder calls the historically high cattle markets life changing. Jesse Weber of Lake Benton sells Red Angus breed stock and says price levels are bringing excitement

The CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation says a growing hunger crisis continues to threaten millions of people around the world. Tom Vilsack, who’s also a former governor of

U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman has said he wants to mark up the farm bill this month, and the CEO of the Missouri Corn Growers Association says time

The state climatologist for Iowa says river levels have been a mixed bag across the Corn Belt. Justin Glisan tells Brownfield that inland waterways in Iowa and surrounding states are

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association amended its policy on the Asian longhorned tick during this week’s summer meeting, noting the tick has now spread halfway across the United States. Missouri

Ethanol demand last week was generally slow. That is tied to several factors, including the cost of and demand for gasoline, along with ethanol production in recent weeks. The U.S.

The state of Wisconsin is modifying its animal movement requirements in response to the active new world screwworm outbreak in the southern U.S. Animals coming into Wisconsin from other states