TYLERTOWN, Mo. – A heartwarming story has unfolded amidst the devastation of a Mississippi tornado.Curtis Bush was on the road working when an EF-4 tornado destroyed his home in Tylertown. His wife and 17-year-old son were both hospitalized."It was the most desperate feeling you can have as a parent and...

Coca-Cola is proving its defensive strength, rising 16% YTD as stagflation looms.

The soybean market closed with mixed action on Tuesday, as front months were down 3 to 6 cents. New crop November was up 1 ¼ cents. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down 6 cents at $9.83. Soymeal futures posted losses of 30 cents to $2.90/ton, with Soy...

The wheat complex posted extended weakness on Tuesday, with contracts down across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures closed with losses of 5 to 6 cents on the Tuesday session. Kansas City HRW posted losses of 1 to 3 cents at the final bell. MPLS spring wheat was down 3...

Lean hog futures posted mixed trade on Tuesday, with contracts sticking near unchanged at the close and nearbys with in a quarter of unch. USDA’s national average base hog negotiated price was up $3.85 on Tuesday afternoon to $85.84. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 86 cents from...

Live cattle futures closed the Tuesday session with the front months up 72 cents to $1.02. Cash action for early in the week was mostly compiling showlists. Last week’s business was limited, as some cattle exchanged hands at $208 in the north and $204 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...

The corn market posted mixed trade, as the recent bull spreads unwind. Nearbys were down 3 to 4 cents at the close, with new crop December up 2 ¼ cents. The May-December corn spread is down to 17 cents, after being over 30 cents on Friday. The front month CmdtyView...

Cotton futures saw a Turnaround Tuesday bounce, to close out the session 66 to 99 points higher. Crude oil futures are down 9 cents/barrel. The US dollar index was back up $0.503 to $99.900. Weekly Crop Progress data showed the US cotton crop at 5% planted, which is behind the...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Extreme heat on the Arizona Hot Springs trail last week caused dozens of hikers – including several children – to get into trouble, prompting a rescue.As temperatures on the trail soared to 100 degrees, the early spring heat may have caught many hikers off guard, according...

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Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has asked the USDA to provide federal disaster assistance to 27 counties following damaging winds, excessive rains and flooding. In a letter, Kehoe says the weather has certainly prevented or delayed planting and will necessitate replanting for many farmers. He says access to emergency loans through...

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher ahead of Thursday’s On Feed report from the USDA and this week’s direct business.  June live closed $.72 higher at $199.80 and August lives closed $1.02 higher at $196.85.  May feeder cattle closed $1.57 higher at $282.52 and August...

An epidemiologist at Colorado State University is studying how Influenza A is being spread in dairy cows. For the last 10 months, Dr. Jason Lombard and a team of researchers have been evaluating the milk, urine and nasal samples of dairy cows in California and Colorado. “In terms of implementing...

A Wisconsin program that pays farmers for permanent agricultural conservation easements might get its first funding since its creation in 2009. Wisconsin’s Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement or PACE program started strong but has not been funded since.  Angie Doucette with American Farmland Trust tells Brownfield she’s hoping Governor Tony...

A coalition of Minnesota ag groups opposes litigation they say targets farmers in the state. Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association executive director Kaitlyn Root says three environmental activist organizations claim the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Agriculture have not adopted sufficient rules to protect ground and surface water...