October settlement prices of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contracts are used to set harvest prices on Federal ...
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Illinois corn yields fall short of estimates

Many farmers and traders were caught off guard not once, but twice, when USDA increased its estimate of old-crop corn stocks ...
Note. Pesticides = herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and other pesticides. The U.S. farms in the sample report no fungicide or insecticide costs for soybeans. Source: Computed by the authors using ...
Many farmers and traders were caught off guard not once, but twice, when USDA increased its estimate of old-crop corn stocks ...
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Corn harvesting is one percentage point ahead of the five-year average of 73 percent, while soybean harvesting is four ...
A central Illinois farmer says 2026 was one of the easiest harvests in his farming career. Karl Probst, who grows corn and ...
This is the first crop for Chad Bell to harvest on the farm that is owned by a distant family member. The yield for the field ...
DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – The fall corn harvest in central Illinois is wrapping up. The corn harvest is seeing good yields but lower than 2025.