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Farm Economy Faces Difficult Start to 2026

Published January 23, 2026

Terrain Ag Interim Executive Director Matt Clark is worried about the state of the grain sector. "Not only was 2025 a struggle, we also started off 2026 with an update from the USDA that was probably a little more hard…

Competition Questions Loom Over Proposed Rail Merger

Published January 4, 2026

The pending merger between Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway still has hurdles to clear before being finalized. "The Surface Transportation Board has to review and ultimately decide on the merger, and that's expected to be at the earliest…

Maximizing Returns with Smarter Grain Protection

Published March 17, 2025

Farmers are always looking for ways to improve their bottom line. For Central Life Sciences, that usually means protecting crops after they come off the combine. "A lot of farmers are looking at what goes on in the field, but…

Weather Increases Scabbing Conditions

Published July 1, 2024

According to NDSU Plant Pathologist Andrew Friskop, conditions are prime for scabbing on heading grains. "Right now, if you want to talk about head blight in our state, our most susceptible varieties are in that moderate to high risk and…

Waiting for a Market Catalyst

Published March 11, 2019

Traders continue to carry a large short position in the grains, which could trigger a short covering rally. "We're looking for a catalyst, we have been for awhile. It could happen toward the end of the month, when we know…

Grain Markets and Livestock Markets Close Lower

Published August 28, 2018

Progressive Ag Marketing market analyst Brian Strommen says the grain markets lacked buying interest on Tuesday. Livestock markets are waiting for things to be established.

Grain Markets Close Lower, Livestock Markets Higher

Published August 27, 2018

Ag Resource Company Economist Dan Basse comments on Monday's market close.

The End of a Bear Market

Published August 1, 2018

The U.S. corn and soybean crops may look good, but University of Minnesota Grain Market Economist Ed Usset says stocks are not growing worldwide. "I think we should be celebrating the end of a bear market. I want to clarify…

First ‘Saltie’ of the 2018 Season

Published April 12, 2018

The first ‘saltie’ (or ocean vessel) of 2018 has made its way to the Port of Duluth-Superior. From there, the vessel is expected to start loading 21,400 metric tons of durum bound for Algeria at the CHS terminal Monday morning.…

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Farm Economy Faces Difficult Start to 2026

Competition Questions Loom Over Proposed Rail Merger

Maximizing Returns with Smarter Grain Protection

Weather Increases Scabbing Conditions

Waiting for a Market Catalyst

Grain Markets and Livestock Markets Close Lower

Grain Markets Close Lower, Livestock Markets Higher

The End of a Bear Market

First ‘Saltie’ of the 2018 Season

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