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Afternoon report: Wheat prices faded lower in Monday’s session

Afternoon report: Corn, soybeans and wheat all made solid inroads in Friday’s session

Commodity markets ended the week 'on a bang,' Don Wick said on the Agweek Market Wrap. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management said a combination of factors came into play, including Russian President Vladimir Putin indicating he would not support extending the deal to allow exports out of Ukraine, a sharply lower U.S. dollar, and the expectation that the USDA's export reporting system will be back up next week and will show strong smaller sales.

Farmer Sentiment Improves, but Farmers Concerned About Inflation

Afternoon report: Corn eases slightly, soybeans firm slightly and wheat suffers moderate setback

NASA tours Kansas to better understand how its missions can help farmers here on Earth.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer farmer sentiment index rose 14 points in August to a reading of 117. The rise in the overall measure of agricultural producer sentiment was driven by increases in both the Index of Current Conditions, which rose 9 points to 118, and the Index of Future Expectations, which climbed 16 points to 116. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers’ responses to a telephone survey. This month’s survey was...

The Ag Economy Barometer farmer sentiment index rose 14 points in August to a reading 117 due to improved current and future expectation indexes.

Biggest concerns for next year are higher input costs, followed by rising interest rates, input availability and lower output prices.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer farmer sentiment index rose 14 points in August to a reading of 117. The rise in the...