Ag Insights

April 24, 2025

Sow Slaughter Trends Change With the Calendar Sow slaughter trends since the December USDA Hogs and Pigs report changed dramatically. Slaughter was 7% larger than a

April 24, 2025

Background: The market has been unkind to sorghum. Crop year to date through February, exports to China are 70% behind the five-year average pace. And while

April 24, 2025

Headed into the 2025 growing season, there are two big, unanswered questions for the soybean market: How many acres will be planted? How many U.S. soybeans

April 24, 2025

High interest rates make the prospect of holding more inventory more costly, leading to lower contracted tonnage. Situation The first report released each year for California’s

April 24, 2025

Background The U.S. wheat industry is stuck at “average.” Relative to the 15-year average: The old-crop 2024/25 U.S. stocks-to-use ratio is only 2% higher The amount

April 24, 2025

The premium and luxury segments saw smaller losses than the value segment. For the fourth consecutive year, wine sales volumes fell in 2024. However, the pace

April 17, 2025

Over the past 18 months, the industry has been consumed with cow slaughter and the lack of heifer retention. We have talked about what’s holding back

April 17, 2025

By Matt Clark, Senior Rural Economy Analyst In “Best Trade Friends Forever?: Part 1” we assessed the export risk profiles of major U.S. crops as the

April 17, 2025

With around 70% of production exported annually, the U.S. tree nut industry relies heavily on export markets for growth. Key Takeaways Situation: The California tree nut

April 9, 2025

President Trump, on April 3, announced a range of reciprocal tariffs with the overarching, stated goal of rebalancing global trade relationships. The U.S. will apply a

April 2, 2025

By Ben Laine, Senior Dairy Analyst Dairy markets are experiencing significant changes, and some early market impacts are beginning to appear. Two additional major cheese processing

March 28, 2025

Background On December 21, 2024, Congress passed the American Relief Act of 2025, authorizing up to $10 billion in economic assistance to producers and about $20

March 28, 2025

With spring crop insurance decisions behind farmers, all eyes next turn to the April 15 deadline for enrollment in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss

March 19, 2025

In a time of tight supplies for beef cattle and slim margins on dairies, dairy producers saw an opportunity to breed more of their cows to

March 12, 2025

(This information was originally presented during a January 21, 2025, GrowingOn® webinar hosted by Farm Credit Services of America®. Watch the recording here: GrowingOn® | FCSAmerica.)

March 12, 2025

Describing the last few years in the almond market as challenging would be an understatement. Prices throttled by excess supply have been met with tariffs, increased

March 12, 2025

As I have traveled the dirt roads of rural America, farmers have increasingly asked about the economic alliance known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South

March 12, 2025

“U.S. feed supply should be more than adequate in 2025, if weather cooperates. Given the expected lower feed prices, dairy farm margins should continue to improve

February 24, 2025

For anyone involved in agriculture during the mid-1990s to early 2000s, every crop conference, Extension meeting and farm radio show etched into our memories a common