Farm Policy News — part of the farmdoc project at Illinois — provides updates on current developments in the global farm economy and U.S. farm policy.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hoping to score a buzzer-beater win and is taking another shot at defining #ultraprocessed #foods before the November midterms.
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#Cattle Producers Face Heavy Pressure From #Drought — Limited forage has left producers with fewer places to move their cattle.
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Two new cases of New World #screwworm in southwestern New Mexico are raising concerns about the next planned reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border to #cattle #imports, potentially complicating efforts to restore livestock #trade.
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Economic anxieties are testing the loyalty of #rural and #farm voters to the Republican Party, expanding the electoral battlefield into some of the most traditionally conservative districts across the nation.
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#Farm #Technology Adoption: Farmers Want Proven ROI Before Investing — Almost half of farmers in a new survey said they adopt new technology only after early adopters attain proven results.
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For years, economists dismissed #collusion as crankery and blamed bird flu for high #egg prices. Then the feds found evidence that could prove the cranks right, and almost nobody noticed.
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#Argentina's farmers have sold more than 105 million metric tons of #grain so far in the 2025/26 season, a record for this point in the cycle, the Rosario grains exchange said on Friday.
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U.S. #corn and #soybean #harvests remain slightly behind their five-year averages, though soybean harvest (64% complete) has nearly caught up, trailing the average by just 1 percentage point.
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1/ Global #wheat #consumption for 2026/27 is raised slightly from the September forecast, with higher feed and residual use more than offsetting lower food, seed, and industrial (FSI) use.
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2/2 Global #wheat ending #stocks are forecast down 0.3 MMT from the September forecast to 276.0 MMT. Exporter-held ending stocks are forecast up 2.1 MMT to 70.6 MMT.
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1/ Global #wheat #exports for the July−June 2026/27 trade year are forecast down 3.1 MMT from September to 210.1 MMT.
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Global #wheat production in 2026/27 is nearly unchanged from the September forecast at 822.4 MMT with several offsetting changes. Canada’s production is raised on higher yield.
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September 1 all-#wheat #stocks are estimated at 1,846 million bushels, down 14% from a year ago. Durum stocks are estimated at 63 million bushels.
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53% of total U.S. winter #wheat production was in areas reported with drought on October 6, up from 45% at the same time last year, but down from a high of 71% on May 12.
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Winter #wheat #planting for the 2027/28 crop is progressing at a slower-than-normal pace in several key states, according to @usda_nass. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado, are lagging the average planting pace.
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1/ U.S. all-#wheat total commitments (the sum of accumulated #exports and outstanding #sales) as of October 1 are 10.1 million metric tons (approximately 371 million bushels), down 32% year to year.
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2/2 U.S. #wheat total commitments to nearly all key markets are down from last year at this point.
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U.S. #wheat #exports for 2026/27 are lowered 25 million bushels to 750 million bushels this month. This forecast would be the second-lowest export volume for the United States since 1971/72.
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Iowa daily cash grain bids — Oct. 16 — bit.ly/3ApvsPi
#Iowa average price:
- #Corn: $4.32
- #Soybeans: $11.93
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