Wheat rises, watching global trade, weather

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Hot, dry weather in some key growing areas will likely have an impact on crop ratings. The crop is developing faster than […]

Broiler sets, placements above year ago levels

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 […]

Farmers finding value in fungicides and drones

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 […]