Monday, August 11th, 2025 Podcast
An overnight social media post from President Trump sparked buying in soybean futures to start the week as he indicated “he hopes China will quickly quadruple its soybean orders” from the U.S. due to short supplies in
Cattle Refining Direction
The cattle market is looking for new direction after last Friday’s limit-down move, with boxed beef continuing higher and early cash trade holding steady. Soybeans are reacting to President Trump’s overnight hint at possible future purchases from
Soybeans Continue Higher After Trump Message to China
Soybeans are the star of the show on Monday after President Trump’s social media post on Sunday evening calling on China to quadruple its U.S. soybean purchases. Meantime, corn and wheat are quiet ahead of Tuesday’s August
Ag Secretary Makes Another Nebraska Visit
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sat down with farmers and ranchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center for a closed-press roundtable on tariffs and trade. Producers shared how the on-again, off-again tariffs
USDA Announces $30 Million One-Time Payment to Crop Insurance Providers for Specialty Crops
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency will issue a one-time, Congressionally-mandated payment to Approved Insurance Providers administering eligible crop insurance contracts for specialty crops during the 2022 and 2023 reinsurance years. The $30 million in total funding will
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Expand E15 Fuel Sales by Cutting Regulatory Barriers
The ethanol industry says new legislation aimed at boosting retail stations that sell E15 will finally cut through regulatory barriers that have slowed the fuel’s growth since its initial approval. The bipartisan Ethanol for America Act, introduced