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Clinton Griffiths talks to Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone, about the corn market.

The shortest La Nina in almost a decade has ended, just three months after it began.

I’ll be flying to a meeting this week and fortunately, the airline I’m using just implemented new rules on allowing emotional support animals. It’s an effort to minimize abuse of the designation.

This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) introduced an immigration bill, and President Trump is throwing his support behind it.

The National Pork Producers Council and other groups late yesterday filed a request in federal court for a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule.

Alternative lending can help farmers who are in a pinch, but it’s important to understand the risks and rewards involved.

We have export sales to mull over, but outside of that, the most important scheduled news on the docket will be the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, which will be issued after the closes on Friday.

Looking at hog sales in May 2018 using May 2018 futures, the weaner breakeven was $67.29, down $0.15 for the week. Feed costs were down $0.56 per head.

Tyson Foods has opted to build a $300 million chicken processing complex in Tennessee instead of Kansas.

Feed costs were down and May futures were up, creating a better breakeven price for sellers of weaner pigs this week. Cash feeder pig prices were higher too, at $47.78, up $4.64 from the previous week.