Insights and Stories of P.J. Huffstutter

Sheep grazing under solar panels help US farmers to survive crop-price slump

Mar. 3, 2025 at 10:11 am CST

As U.S. farmers grapple with soaring debt and slumping incomes, some crop producers are trading their tractors for flocks of sheep, and starting up solar grazing businesses to help make ends meet.

USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds

Feb. 21, 2025 at 9:53 am CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

ADM shareholder presses CEO to resign as criminal probe continues

Dec. 30, 2024 at 6:03 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm on technical trading

Dec. 23, 2024 at 4:37 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease, grains rise, on choppy day of trading

Dec. 23, 2024 at 3:23 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up on export demand

Nov. 29, 2024 at 2:47 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended slightly higher on Friday on technical trading and a flurry of export demand, market analysts said. Investors adjusted positions after Thursday's Thanksgiving Day holiday.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

ADM says top compliance officer is leaving the company

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:19 am CST

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co's chief compliance officer, Ben Bard, is leaving the company early next year for personal reasons, the company said on Wednesday. The news comes one day after the global grain trader, which has been embroiled in controversy over its accounting practices, sought an extension from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to file its third quarter financial report because it could not meet the deadline.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters Sourasis Bose

Cash-strapped US farmers switch to generic crop chemicals, in blow to big manufacturers

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:19 am CST

U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market analysts said could hit the bottom lines of agrichemical companies like Bayer.

By Heather Schlitz P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

ADM accused of misconduct, lack of safety inspections after explosion hurt US worker

Oct. 17, 2024 at 4:38 pm CDT

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co intentionally failed to test and maintain safety systems on its grain equipment for years, which contributed to an explosion that immolated a U.S. worker and put him in a coma last year, according to a lawsuit filed against the company.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day, corn and soybean regain ground

Oct. 9, 2024 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures ticked higher in choppy trading on Wednesday, boosted by strength in the financial markets and as traders adjusted positions ahead of a government supply-and-demand report, market analysts said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters