The USDA has announced the per-acre payment rates for the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program.  Eleven billion dollars is targeted to row crop producers.  Eligible corn farmers will receive just over $44 per acre, soybean farmers will receive just over $30 per acre, wheat farmers will receive just over $39 per acre, and […]

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Mar. corn $4.40 and 1/4, down 1/4 centJan. soybeans $10.30 and 1/2, down 15 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal $294.50, down $2.20Jan soybean oil 48.07, down 86 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.07, down 3 and 3/4 centsFeb. live cattle $231.60, up $1.12Jan. feeder cattle $350.25, up 70 centsFeb. lean hogs $85.10, down 35 centsJan. Class III […]

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Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Crop conditions look favorable in Brazil, with more rain in the near-term forecast and early harvest activity underway in some areas. Parts of Argentina has been short-changed by rain recently, but soil moisture levels are still mostly good. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange says 82% of Argentina’s […]

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The vice president of farm services with NAU Country Insurance says the soybean market is entering the new year waiting for news. Rich Morrison tells Brownfield, “The managed funds really loaded up on that announcement back in late fall, and now you’ve seen them start to sell out some of their length almost on a […]

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