This week, President Trump reversed his stance on leaving the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), stating that the U.S. has no immediate plans to withdraw from the trade deal. During his presidential campaign, and…
Author: alex Breitinger
Wintry Weather Threatens Corn, Wheat
Much of the corn and wheat belts received a blast of heavy rains or even snow this week, leaving planting equipment idle in the shed. The unusually wet weather makes fields too muddy to enter…
Farmers Need Sunshine
After the bout of warm weather in February, many Midwestern farmers were hoping to get an early start to planting this year’s corn and soybean crops. Unfortunately, cold temperatures, snow, and rain over the last…
Record Soybeans to be Planted
Soybeans plummeted on Friday following new USDA projections expecting U.S. farmers to plant a record 89.5 million acres of soybeans this year. This news was coupled with relatively high stockpiles of beans, another factor that…