AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCrop Outlook: USDA cut its 2026 corn yield forecast to 179.6 bushels per acre and lowered production, while raising soybean production and export forecasts and trimming ending stocks. Trade and Farm Bill: USDA launched its largest-ever trade mission to Vietnam as U.S. officials pressed China to meet farm-purchase pledges. Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman says he is working to pass a long-delayed Farm Bill by year’s end. Farm Finances: Rising diesel, fertilizer and labor costs are squeezing margins, with reports of growing financial distress and bankruptcy risks. Grain Shipping: An aging, shrinking barge fleet could make it harder to move projected growth in corn and soybean exports, potentially affecting grain basis. Farm Labor: The Supreme Court heard a challenge to Labor Department penalties tied to H-2A worker conditions; justices appeared divided over whether agencies or courts should decide such disputes. Equipment and Disease: U.S. tractor sales were down 11.6% year to date through October, and combine sales fell 9.1%. Bird flu is spreading in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, while producers are also tracking 2026 crop disease pressures.
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