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“With a lot of people still kind of locked down due to the COVID-19 crisis, I would guess you’re going to see a lot of backyard BBQ,” says Jim McCormick, hedging strategist with AgMarket.Net.

The ripple effects of Smithfield Foods’ processing plant in Sioux Falls will have far-reaching effects on the industry, leaders in some of the top pork-producing states say.

The latest Sterling Profit Tracker shows Farrow-to-finish pork producers saw their margins decline last week. A year ago, pork producers earned 40-dollars per head. Pork packers saw average profits of $14 per head.

“We are far from the end of this,” says Arlan Suderman of INTL FC Stone. Those are the words many in the lindustry wonder when it comes to the hogs and African swine fever (ASF).

DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing, LLC. and Matt Bennett of Bennett Consulting join U.S. Farm Report host Tyne Morgan for Markets Now.

Brian Roach of Roach Ag Marketing and Craig VanDyke of Top Third Ag Marketing join U.S. Farm Report host Tyne Morgan for Markets Now.

What are Tommy Grisafi and Brian Splitt looking ahead to this week?

Mark Feight and Bob Utterback join AgDay host Clinton Griffiths to discuss the week ahead in markets.

Naomi Blohm of Stewart-Peterson discusses soybeans on AgDay with Tyne Morgan.

Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group and Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing are on the U.S. Farm Report marketing roundtable with Tyne Morgan.

Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing and Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group are talking about the week ahead on AgDay with Clinton Griffiths.

Bob Utterback of Utterback Marketing Services, Inc. and Brian Basting of Advance Trading, Inc. join Tyne Morgan on U.S. Farm Report.

Bob Utterback and Brian Basting stop by the agribusiness desk with AgDay host Clinton Griffiths.

Brian Basting of Advance Trading, Inc. and Bob Utterback of Utterback Marketing are on U.S. Farm Report this weekend.

Last week, Purdue. This week, U.S. Farm Report is on the road at Mizzou.

Michael Langemeier, ag economist at Purdue University, talks about if now is the right time to expand your operation on AgDay.

The Purdue/CME Group's Ag Economy Barometer is released every month. But what does it all mean?

On Markets Now, Tyne Morgan talks with Michael Langemeier, ag economist with Purdue University; Christ Hurt, ag economist with Purdue University; and Jim Mintert, director of the center for commercial agriculture.

The March Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) is released.

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

Clinton Griffiths talks soybeans with Bryan Doherty

Cheap grain has made feeding livestock a lot easier, contributing to an expanding sector.

The USDA released its acreage forecast.

Two of the better-known indicators of the farm economy, Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index and The Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, have both turned higher in January, showing improved moods.

The export picture for corn continues to improve, and could give hope to increased prices coming off a record corn harvest in 2017.

The export picture for corn continues to improve, and could give hope to increased prices coming off a record corn harvest in 2017.

There’s been some political back-and-forth between China and the U.S. Traders and farmers alike have been watching to see if China does anything with U.S. soybeans.

The reactions to USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report were not as one would expect.

On Thursday, the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, showing corn is seeing increased exports and reduced stocks.

Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.

Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.

But the pace of commitments still lowed relative to year-ago.

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Old-crop corn sales notched a marketing-year low, while beef exports hit a marketing-year high.

On the other hand, weekly corn and soybean export sales were on the light side.

Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.

Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.

Old-crop cotton export sales notched a marketing-year low, but new-crop sales were solid.

Group says much of the strength in first quarter beef shipments were due to a dip in the Australian cattle cycle.

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USDA's Cold Storage Report showed beef and pork stocks were higher at the end of April than anticipated