General Motors’ stock is up 10% this year and could climb further as Amazon’s pilot of BrightDrop electric vans highlights GM’s expanding presence in green logistics, strategic partnerships, and strong dividend growth potential.

Cotton futures closed with losses of 35 to 67 points on the Thursday session. The outside markets were pressure factors, with the US dollar index up $0.480 on the day to $97.000, with crude oil futures $0.41 lower. USDA tallied upland cotton export business at 186,108 RB for the week...

Live cattle futures posted $1.25 to $1.50 gains across the front months at the Thursday close. A few Southern sales have been reported at $239-240 this week, with Northern dressed sales at $370, down $5-8 wk/wk. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from Central Stockyards saw no sales...

Soybeans posted Thursday losses of 6 to 7 cents across most contracts. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price as down 6 1/4 cents at $9.60 1/2. Soymeal futures were 90 cents to $2 lower in the front months on Thursday. Soy Oil futures were down another 36 to 67...

The wheat complex was weaker across the board on the Thursday session. CBT soft red wheat futures were down 3 to 4 cents on Thursday. KC HRW futures were 5 to 6 ¼ cents lower at the close. MPLS spring wheat futures closed the session the 2 to 3 cent...

Corn futures pulled back into the Thursday close, extending the weakness from Wednesday. Contracts closed with losses of 2 to 3 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down another 3 cents at $3.79 ¼. A private export sale of 110,000 MT of corn was reported by the...

Lean hog futures saw steady trade to 15 cent gains in the nearbys on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog report from Thursday afternoon was reported at $105.60, down $1.11 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 14 cents on September 16 at $105.86. Pork export business...

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Two state ag leaders say they’re glad to see USDA considering all options to help farmers navigate a tough ag economy, including ad-hoc assistance. Wes Ward, the ag secretary in Arkansas, and past president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, tells Brownfield “when it comes to ad-hoc,...

A southern Wisconsin farmer has concerns about corn withstanding strong winds ahead of harvest. Doug Rebout of Janesville says crops have benefited from good conditions this summer. “Really tall (corn), I mean they’re healthy stalks. But as they’re drying down, if all the sudden we get some winds and stuff...

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were supported by supply tightness ahead of Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed report. Ahead of that report, analysts all major categories to be below a year ago. That supply tightness helped contracts shrug off the recent trend in boxed beef...

Two analysts say U.S. farmers should be paying attention as Brazil continues to have a competitive advantage over the U.S. in soybean production. “We’re losing markets and we were losing China before this trade war.” Arlan Suderman with StoneX Group says Brazilian farmers have lower fixed costs for producing soybeans...

Eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in Indiana for the first time since 2020. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says the disease was detected in an unvaccinated six-year-old gelding in LaGrange County. EEE, also known as “sleeping sickness”, can cause infected animals to enter a coma. The disease...

In this lesson, John Rowland explains why ADX readings under 20 tell trend traders to ‘stay out’ and wait for better opportunities.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.48%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.27%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.95%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25 ) rose +0.50%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...