Nationwide, corn was 93% planted, and the crop was rated 67% in
good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, May 31. Soybean planting reached 87%
complete with the crop rated 66% in good-to-excellent condition. Winter wheat
conditions were rated 26% good to excellent and spring wheat conditions were
rated 47% good to excellent, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress
report released on Monday.
BUSDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
Cattle futures contracts are continuing to chop sideways as traders brace
because the marketplace is highly volatile.
4^Sort and Cull
Kassidy and Klayton Bremer, sixth-generation Iowa farm kids, returned to
production agriculture careers at a large-scale hog operation and a cow-calf
ranch while maintaining outside income to sustain their 150-year-old family
farm.
@^Rural Resilience - 8
Members of IBEW System Council No. 11 began a strike in Canada after
contract negotiations with CPKC broke down.
=^Cash Market Moves
Some rain delays in the eastern U.S. while most of the Corn Belt is
looking well planted and watered. That moves market focus to waiting for news
confirming China is back in the buying mood.
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