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The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ‘narco-terrorists’ have ‘no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere’

The grain and oilseed composite of the commodities market posted the most significant decline in the third quarter, falling 8.32%. The agricultural sector, which includes corn, wheat, soybeans, and other grains, moved 8.85% lower over the first nine months of 2025, with prices remaining near the recent lows. Commodity cyclicality…

SNAP recipients receive an average of about $188 per person per month, or about $6 per day

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Tuesday closed down -0.48 (-3.05%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed down -13.50 (-3.02%). Sugar prices sold off sharply on Tuesday, with NY Sugar matching last month's 4.5-year nearest-futures low and London sugar posting a new 4.25-year low....

Lean hog futures are trading with 65 to 85 cent gains on Tuesday. USDA’s national base hog price from Monday afternoon was reported at $90.66, up 6 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 54 cents on October 17 at $95.58. USDA’s pork carcass...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.44 (-2.80%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is down -13.10 (-2.93%). Sugar prices are selling off today, with NY Sugar matching last month's 4.5-year nearest-futures low and London sugar posting a new 4.25-year low. The outlook...

Lean hog futures closed the Monday session with mixed action, as front months were down a nickel to 30 cents and back months trending higher. Open interest was up 1,145 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price from Monday afternoon was reported at $89.74, down 40 cents from the day prior....

Live cattle futures saw a bounce on Monday with contracts up $1.60 to $1.82. There were no new deliveries on Monday for October live cattle. Cash trade settled in at $240-241 across the country last week. Feeder cattle futures closed out the Monday session with contracts mixed, as front months...