Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. The trade is expecting good harvest progress ahead of a return to rainy conditions in some areas. Portions of the Eastern

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were lower on the signs of slowing beef demand and follow through selling ahead of this week’s direct trade. December live was down

A market analyst says he’s expecting modest changes to corn and soybean yield estimates in USDA’s October supply and demand report. Sam Hudson with Cornbelt Marketing says the corn yield

The USDA says 2025 farm program payments being issued this month are the largest since the programs were established in the 2014 Farm Bill. The Farm Service Agency’s Ag Risk

A market analyst says harvest lows are in and farmers should be looking to reward any rallies prices as harvest progresses. Dan Basse with Ag Resource Company says grain prices

Dec. corn $5.00 and 1/4, down 1 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans $12.87 and 1/2, down 10 centsDec. soybean meal $357.60, down $8.20Dec. soybean oil 67.92, down 24 pointsDec. Chicago wheat

A trade policy expert says the European Union’s new due-diligence requirements are increasing the costs for U.S. dairy farmers and processors. “We shouldn’t be adhering to European rules,” she says.

The associate director of transportation and infrastructure with the Illinois Farm Bureau says Governor J.B. Pritzker’s consideration of extending the Illinois Harvest Permit program into 2027 would mean transportation savings

An ag economist says farmers surveyed in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer are concerned Brazil’s competitive advantage could have an impact on U.S. soybean exports in 2027.