After weeks of falling grain prices, traders look to USDA's November
reports for possible market support, with corn and soybean production, export
demand and global wheat trade among the key factors to watch.
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Indiana confirmed its first H5N1 case in a dairy herd as avian influenza
continues spreading among U.S. cattle and poultry, prompting increased
surveillance and biosecurity.
7^Bird Flu Cases Continue With Migration
If there were a repeated theme at the American Bankers Association
Agricultural Bankers Conference, it's uncertainty about the level of ad hoc
government payments to producers and what it looks like for farmers when those
payments stop.
BCaution to Ag Bankers Over Ad Hoc Aid
Soil moisture across central Brazil is currently below normal for early
November. An increasing rainfall forecast for next week needs to verify or we
may start to see issues with developing soybeans.
=^South America Calling
Democrats made unexpected gains in rural counties across farm country, but
local issues and demographic shifts leave questions about whether farmers
themselves moved away from Republicans.
BKansas and Iowa Defy Expectations
