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“Over the next five years, ag retailers will need to get a handle on changing customer needs, lower expected industry working capital, and rising property casualty insurance costs,” Ken Zuckerberg writes.
Agriculture News
Near-even mix drought improvement and degradation for country’s midsection
Several rounds of storm systems led to some drought improvement to the Midwest and Plains the week ending Oct. 5, but drought/dryness worsened in areas that missed out amid unseasonable warmth.
October 07, 2021 10:26 AM
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Meghan Vick
FILE PHOTO: Container ships and oil tankers wait in the ocean outside the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Agriculture News
Dramatic rebound in corn export sales
Corn export sales handily topped expectations the last week of September, with more export facilities reopening and fresh supplies in the U.S. pipeline. Sales were up sharply from sub-400,000 MT in recent weeks.
October 07, 2021 07:54 AM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | Oct. 7, 2021
Global food prices up nearly a third from year-ago. Farm optimism slides as inputs rise, ag trade prospects dim. Debt limit ceasefire. Russia offers to ease Europe’s gas crisis, with stipulations.
October 07, 2021 06:49 AM
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Meghan Vick
Beef exports
Agriculture News
Beef exports topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in August, despite shipping challenge
“The August export results would be impressive under any circumstances, but achieving these totals despite all the Covid-related obstacles at home & overseas is truly remarkable,” says USMEF President Dan Halstrom
October 06, 2021 03:29 PM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | Oct. 6, 2021
Attaché: China to bring in 30 MMT of corn in 2020-21 & 20 MMT in 2021-22. Biden: ‘Real possibility’ Dems could revise Senate rules to counter filibuster. PCR sales soared in Wuhan before first official Covid-19 cases.
October 06, 2021 06:45 AM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | Oct. 5, 2021
Cordonnier maintains U.S. crop estimates, notes ‘surprisingly good’ bean yields. Russian wheat prices still rising. Another Chinese developer has fallen into crisis. Biden warns U.S. could default, blames McConnell.
October 05, 2021 06:34 AM
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Meghan Vick
soybean harvest
Agriculture News
Corn and soybean harvest advancing rapidly
Find highlights from today’s Crop Progress and Condition Report.
October 04, 2021 08:37 PM
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Meghan Vick
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Agriculture News
NWS: Wetter October outlook for the Midwest and Plains
The National Weather Service revised its one-month temperature and precipitation outlooks at the start of October, including some significant changes on the precipitation front.
October 04, 2021 11:15 AM
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Meghan Vick
Export ship
Agriculture News
Notable improvement corn, soybeans and wheat export inspections
While shipment tallies improved notably as more export facilities reopened at the Gulf, the amount of beans inspected for export was still well under year-ago. USDA also made significant revisions to last week’s data.
October 04, 2021 10:21 AM
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Meghan Vick
Pro Farmer's First Thing Today
First Thing Today
First Thing Today | Oct. 4, 2021
Soybeans drop to a six-month low. Dry weather holding back winter wheat planting in Russia. Canadian canola exports down sharply from year-ago. Biden administration to lay out China trade policy.
October 04, 2021 06:47 AM
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Meghan Vick
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Meghan Vick

Meghan joined Pro Farmer in June 2011 and is currently the News Editor. Prior to joining the Pro Farmer team, Meghan worked as an editor at Stocks, Futures and Options (SFO) magazine. During her time there she gained her Series 3 license from the National Futures Association. She is a 2009 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, with Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and writing. LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed(‘limelight_player_28855'); At Pro Farmer, Meghan writes many of the daily market commentaries in addition to website news stories and updates on Washington happenings. She also compiles the quarterly Washington Outlook Report.