In an interview with Bloomberg Television, U.S. Trade Representative
Jamieson Greer said China agreed to buy more than $10 billion in agricultural
products over the next three years during the two-day summit between President
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BTrade Rep Says China Commits to Ag Buys
Sixty million rural Americans face worsening healthcare access as Medicaid
cuts threaten hundreds of already-struggling hospitals with closure,
compounding decades of funding shortfalls, staffing shortages and geographic
isolation.
BRural Resilience - 3
A Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago report shows Midwest farmland values,
cash rents and credit conditions are deteriorating in 2026, with many farms
operating near breakeven.
7^MW Land Values Rise, Cash Rents Fall
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw takes a look at the latest USDA Crop
Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports
and notes the reports say that there's grain everywhere and there will not be a
supply problem once again in 2026-27. It should mean lower prices and that
certainly manifested Thursday.
:^Under the Agridome
Crop scouts on the 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour estimated a crop averaging
38.9 bushels per acre, significantly less than last year but higher than USDA's
predicted yield for Kansas.
=^Hard Winter Wheat Tour Final Results
