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Protesting Greek farmers drive tractors to parliament

Feb. 20, 2024 at 9:23 am CST

Farmers from across Greece drove their tractors to Athens on Tuesday, stepping up weeks of protests over rising costs, foreign competition and catastrophic flooding.

U.S. grains: Soy futures rebound as corn sets new three-year lows

Feb. 16, 2024 at 5:02 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

New Massey Sprayer comes to NFMS, combines and grain carts get synchronized

Feb. 16, 2024 at 4:31 pm CST

By Greg Berg

U.S. corn, soybean, wheat yields to rise in 2024/25

Feb. 16, 2024 at 8:45 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Indian farmers pause protest march to Delhi as government talks continue

Feb. 16, 2024 at 8:25 am CST

By Reuters Rupam Jain Sunil Kataria

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures set new three-year lows as US forecasts hefty supplies

Feb. 15, 2024 at 5:51 pm CST

U.S. forecasts for increasing crop inventories on Thursday drove corn and soybean futures to their lowest prices in more than three years as traders remained worried about strength of demand.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs advance after strong US pork export data

Feb. 15, 2024 at 5:46 pm CST

Lean hog futures rose on Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on robust U.S. pork export demand and follow-through buying from a rally during the previous session, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Deere cuts 2024 profit view as borrowing costs hurt demand

Feb. 15, 2024 at 10:08 am CST

Deere & Co cut its 2024 profit forecast on Thursday as farmers remained hesitant about big-ticket equipment purchases due to high borrowing rates and falling crop prices, even as its first-quarter sales and profit topped Wall Street estimates.

By Bianca Flowers Reuters Shivansh Tiwary

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:40 pm CST

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that farmers can use some existing supplies of herbicides based on the chemical dicamba, despite a federal court ruling last week that halted sprayings.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Case IH combine at a farm show with a farmer in the foreground.

Combines launch into the spotlight at National Farm Machinery Show

Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:23 pm CST

With over 800 exhibitors occupying more than a million square feet of space at the Kentucky Exposition Center, it’s pretty much A-Z when it comes to the display of agricultural wares at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Two well-known machinery brands took this opportunity to pull back the curtain […]

By Greg Berg