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Soybeans (Journal stock photo.)
Market Outlook, Opinion

Friendly soybean demand story continues  

Reflecting upon the past couple of years, soybean futures prices have come down from the lofty $17 a bushel price point which occurred after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with prices now hovering near the $13 a bushel price level.   Read More

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)
Opinion, Weather Watch

Early snows follow wheat planting 

(Photo: Colorado State University)
Regional Roundup, Western Region

USDA Rural Development invests $500,000 to help rural business owners with energy grants



Hay Markets

State-by-state hay summary

(Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture.)

High Plains cattle sales report 

Ray Frisbie, Ph.D., helped write the initial boll weevil eradication plan for Texas. (Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Boll weevil eradication most successful pest insect elimination program

Ear of corn. (Journal photo by Jennifer M. Latzke.)

USDA forecasts US corn production up, soybean and cotton production down from 2022

(Envato Elements photo.)

NMDA seeks input on funding priorities for $4.6 million USDA infrastructure grant

Farm pond

Is groundwater conservation bill a federal ‘buy and dry’ program?  

Harvesting of soy bean fields with combine

Analyst bullish on soybean demand  

Pivot irrigation system over a field in Caddo County near Hydro Oklahoma

Seek water-use help on the Ogallala’s decline