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Ken Ferrie of Crop-Tech Consulting details what he has been seeing on farm visits. He covers how the dry area is getting bigger, what a tip down in ears can mean, and the increase of SDS in April planted untreated beans.

A second case of African Swine Fever has been confirmed in China. The concern is that it’s in a completely different part of the country and it’s likely that diseased pigs traveled long distances.

Press reports indicate that program guidelines on the trade assistance package could be issued by next week. Meanwhile, business news articles and USDA data continue to shed light on agricultural export variables.

The investigative arm of I.C.E. led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

President Donald Trump said negotiations with Mexico on a new Nafta are “coming along nicely,” while telling Canada it will have to wait to re-enter the talks to modernize the three-nation trade pact.

USDA says the U.S. has record or near record crops in the nation’s corn and soybean fields. What will the 2018 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop tour find next week?

Typically the trade sees a 4-bu. corn yield variance in the August WASDE report, reports market analysts from Allendale. The soybean market will be heavily influenced by trade factors.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken Ferrie shares that he has spotted: sudden death, pompous root rot, Stewart’s wilt, aphid colonies in the corn, and gray leaf spot.

U.S. farmers will see the first payments of a $12 billion subsidy program designed to shield them from a burgeoning trade war starting in September, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.

President Donald Trump said he may prioritize a bilateral trade deal with Mexico over Canada and that he’s building a good rapport with Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.