Category: Agriculture

Take a closer look at the slightly weakening soybean basis, at what continued dryness means for wheat, and about how Latin American weather patterns will continue to influence prices for all the major grains.

It’s been a wild year for beef markets. As the industry continues to work through the effects of a global pandemic, calls for restructuring have grown, and then a data breach at JBS has sent the sector reeling.

After a year without a crop tour, Progressive Farmer Crops Editor Matt Wilde made his way to the Southern plains with dozens of farmers, industry experts, and reporters to take part in the annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour.

Dicamba has been embroiled in regulatory and legal controversy for years at this point, and with the changing of the guard in Washington, label changes are adding complexity to what products farmers can use, including when and how they can use them.

Technologies that have been discussed for years are finally making their way into farmer’s hands, and the industry is already looking ahead to the next iteration. Discover how farmers are responding as they adopt the latest innovations and what might be next in this fast-evolving space.

Looking back at the topics covered over the past year from markets, weather, crops, diseases, laws, politics, livestock and equipment to the experiences of farmers in a time of tremendous upheaval in the 50th episode of Field Posts.

Farmers answering the spring DTN Ag Confidence Index survey report happiness for current business conditions but show slight pessimism for the year ahead.

Spring conditions are continuing to impact planting, what that might mean for the mid-season in the U.S.’s many growing regions, and a harvest outlook. We also talk about severe weather potential and the global weather picture.

We’ll take a closer look specifically at how tight grain supplies could get mid-season, how to put today’s record basis in context, how to think about weather as the wheat season draws to a close, and how a big post-COVID summer might affect agriculture.