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• Trying to Reason with A Midterm Election Earthquake
  Well, the American electorate certainly sent a message in the midterm elections on Tuesday. As of this writing, Democrats have won a substantial majority in the House of Representatives, 252…
• 2026 Crop Insurance Harvest Prices for Corn and Soybeans
  October settlement prices of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contracts are used to set harvest prices on Federal crop insurance products for corn and soybeans in the Midwest.  Harvest prices are $4.75 per bushel for corn and $12.63 per bushel for soybeans. Both are above their projected prices, which are $4.62 for corn and $11.09 […]
• Seed, Fertilizer, and Pesticide Costs: Comparing U.S. and Brazilian Soybean Farms
  Soybean farmers in both countries have little control over the prices they receive. Because individual farms sell in the same global market, their ability to compete depends largely on how much it costs them to produce a crop. This article compares what nine typical farms in the U.S. and Brazil spent on seed, fertilizer, and […]