Drought is the most damaging abiotic stress affecting soybean production, with variable rainfall contributing significantly to year-to-year yield variability. Breeding efforts aim to develop cultivars ...

The index on Thursday is testing support near 6,775, representing the lower end of a multi-month trading range, according to LPL's chief technical strategist. (LPL Research) S&P 500 bulls were ...

Ohio State University researchers say planting soybeans first in the spring has proved the most profitable for farmers. Soybean and small grain agronomist Laura Lindsey tells Brownfield their annual ...

May corn (ZCK26) futures on Friday rose 7 cents to $4.60 1/2, hit a nearly four-month high, and for the week were up 12 cents. May soybean (ZSK26) futures rose 21 1/2 cents to $12.00 3/4, hit a ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture already has obligated more than $6 billion in payments under its new Farmer Bridge Assistance program just days after enrollment opened. The program, ...

Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China (Yizhen Lyu, W.B ...

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The trade’s watching Brazil’s harvest, with quality concerns reported in some areas. Adjustments to private production estimates have been mixed, ...

Following the February price discovery period, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has finalized spring crop insurance prices for the 2026 crop year, establishing the revenue guarantees farmers will ...

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it's soybean's single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean's ...

Crop insurance is a vital part of the overall farm safety net, and Chad Smith has the numbers on what that safety net will look like in 2026. Smith: As spring planting gears up across the country, the ...