Wheat prices drilled into new lows this week, with prices for Chicago and Kansas City wheat futures nearing $4.00 per bushel. The market lost ground as foreign competitors, like Russia and Australia, undercut American wheat…
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Buyers Want Soybeans
As U.S. farmers are finishing the soybean harvest this week, they were greeted with rising soybean prices, which neared $10.00 per bushel. Prices gained on hopes for more demand from China’s pork producers, who need…
Cheapest Thanksgiving in Five Years
A traditional Thanksgiving feast for 10 should be under $5 per person this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Prices fell from last year especially for turkey, which is dropping due to low…
Sugar Market Extra Sweet
Sugar rushed toward a six-month high on Friday, topping 15.4 cents per pound. The market has sweetened as investors buy sugar on fears of a supply shortfall in Brazil, the world’s largest producer. Poor weather…