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Analysis Says Farm Safety Net Boosts Profits Beyond Bad Years
Over time, the farm safety net has shifted from primarily offsetting market losses to increasingly boosting profitability for major commodity crops since 2007, according to economists at Ohio State University and the University of Illinois. That also has spilled over to supporting the other businesses farmers rely on.
DTN Futures Prices
Last updated: Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Market Commentary
The Week’s Trend Continued through Friday’s End as Cattle Sank Lower While Hogs Rallied
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Strong Demand Lifts Soybeans Friday, While Wheat Maintains Momentum Into Weekend
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Ag Policy
7/16/2026 | 5:02 PM CDT
House GOP Approves Budget Blueprint Authorizing Up to $12B in Farm Aid
7/16/2026 | 10:09 AM CDT
Senate Leaders Look for SNAP Offsets Ahead of Farm Bill Markup
Crops
7/17/2026 | 12:16 PM CDT
Monsanto Withdraws China Glyphosate Antidumping Case After Farm Group Pushback
7/17/2026 | 12:10 PM CDT
Duty-Free Moroccan Phosphate Could Ship to US Within Days, USDA Says
Weather
Strong Front Pushes Farther South, Snow Forming in Central High Plains Tuesday
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Land
7/16/2026 | 1:10 PM CDT
Foreign Farmland Disclosure Law Sees Biggest Change Since 1978; How it Affects Ag
7/16/2026 | 11:17 AM CDT
Recent Farmland Sales in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota
7/9/2026 | 11:34 AM CDT
Recent Farmland Sales in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota
Livestock
7/17/2026 | 3:57 PM CDT
Product of USA Label Gains Steam, But Divide Remains Over Mandatory Origin Rules
7/17/2026 | 6:10 AM CDT
Supplemental Forage Strategies for Livestock Producers Facing Drought Conditions
7/16/2026 | 7:50 AM CDT
Unapologetically Passionate: How Ag Producers Are Weathering Drought, Wildfire and Uncertainty
7/15/2026 | 4:58 AM CDT
3 Thoughts for Cattlemen to Ponder as the Market Softens
Summer 2026
Closing Market Comment
Wheat Leads Markets Once Again To Close Week On High Note
Field Posts Podcast
Episode 300: The Rise of the American-Made Drone
Though it took some time for aerial drones to find the right application on American farms, today, drones are commonplace across much of the countryside, used for everything from scouting to spraying to helping tracking down missing cows. But as drone technology advances exponentially, and the global geopolitical atmosphere changes, U.S. policymakers grew increasingly worried about where the data these mostly Chinese-made drones were collecting was being stored, and who might be able to…
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