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Even though the USDA recently projected a 49.4 bushel per acre national average soybean yield and record size bean crop, large exports to China and elsewhere helped prop up prices early in the week. Though…

Corn prices continued lower this week, dropping underneath $3.50 per bushel for the first time this year after the USDA showed improving corn crop quality on Monday. The USDA was already projecting an ample 14.2…

Corn, wheat, oats, and soybeans collapsed on Thursday after a USDA forecast for larger-than-expected crops this year. Dry weather in the Midwest had many market watchers fearing significant crop losses, but the USDA projected bumper…

Farmers are facing a superweed and a super problem dealing with it. The terror, known as pigweed, grows rapidly and produces over 100,000 seeds, allowing it to spread like wildfire, sapping crops of much-needed sunlight,…