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High input costs and soft commodity prices continue to drain working capital. Here is how strategic marketing, debt management, and tax planning can keep your operation liquid for 2027.
Beyond inventory numbers, placements and heifer retention data will set the tone for feeder futures.
Corn saw a continuation of yesterday’s strength, a close higher is necessary to confirm a near-term reversal
Most areas saw drought improve, with the Delta being a notable exception
Corn, soybeans tick higher overnight while oil futures see renewed gains on fears of U.S.-Iran re-escalation
New aggregated report covering five states launches Oct. 26 to circumvent confidentiality filters, but analysts warn structural price-discovery challenges persist.
Meridian Ag Advisor’s Wesley Davis puts data behind 10 puzzles in the 2026 farm economy. Three of them: land values that won’t fall, input costs that won’t ease and a downturn that looks like the 1980s until it doesn’t.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each slid to fresh for-the-move lows overnight, with selling efforts peaking into the break.
Harvest weather remains wide open across much of Midwest
Josh Linville says tight nitrogen supplies, rising demand and global disruptions to sulfur supplies are keeping pressure on fertilizer markets, even if tensions in the Strait of Hormuz ease.
