Agriculture
USDA research points to residual treatments for hard-to-reach areas where pests can survive.
Crude availability may remain adequate, but tight distillate inventories leave less cushion if agricultural and freight demand strengthen through harvest.
For soybean producers, continued biofuel expansion increasingly depends on whether refiners can physically produce and blend enough fuel to meet federal targets.
The timing of additional imports could put pressure on cattle prices as producers decide whether to expand their herds.
Business & Markets
For Michigan Dairy FarmHER Terri Hawbaker, the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award recognizes both her work as a dairy farmer and women’s growing role across the industry.
Farmers above the $900,000 AGI limit may still qualify for some disaster and conservation programs.
Growers report a promising crop as they work through drought and workforce concerns.
The Louisiana facility would produce over a million metric tons of phosphate fertilizer each year. CHS says it would be the first new U.S. phosphate fertilizer plant built since 1984.
Lifestyle & Entertainment
Nearly 3,000 pounds of beef was donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
Exmark has been building mowers for more than 40 years, offering equipment ranging from zero-turn riders to stand-on and walk-behind mowers.
