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Missouri farmer Skylar Holden faces financial ruin after a USDA funding freeze, with Rep. Jason Smith defending the disruption as part of the Trump administration's promised reforms.

Cotton futures reached an eleven-year high of over $1.50 per pound in 2022 but ran out of upside steam. They last traded above $1 in March 2024 before falling under the 70 cents per pound level. As the cotton market heads into the 2025 crop year, the price is at…

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Tuesday closed up +0.37 (+1.90%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed up +13.40 (+2.58%). Sugar prices rallied Tuesday after Covrig Analytics cut its 2025/26 global sugar surplus estimate to 4.1 MMT from a previous estimate of 5.2 MMT. Sugar...

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) Tuesday closed down -15.60 (-3.64%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed down -18 (-0.32%). Coffee prices on Tuesday gave up early gains and turned lower, with arabica falling sharply on long liquidation pressure. Coffee prices initially moved higher on Tuesday, with arabica coffee...

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.40 (+2.05%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is up +12.10 (+2.33%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher after Covrig Analytics cut its 2025/26 global sugar surplus estimate to 4.1 MMT from a previous estimate of 5.2...

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is down -12.30 (-2.87%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is down -3 (-0.05%). Coffee prices today gave up early gains and turned lower as profit-taking by funds morphed into long liquidation pressures after sell-stops were triggered as prices declined. Coffee prices initially...

US farmers caught up in President Donald Trump's short-lived attempt to freeze all federal funding descended on Congress Tuesday to demand answers after grants to their politically influential sector were paused.

A Missouri cattle farmer is facing financial ruin after the USDA froze funding for key conservation programs, despite previously signed contracts.

There are a few hints that the historic bull run in cattle markets may not be over just yet.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Monday closed up +0.14 (+0.72%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed up +1.70 (+0.33%). Sugar prices Monday posted moderate gains as strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) sparked short covering in sugar futures. The real Monday rose +0.44%,...

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) Monday closed up +24.70 (+6.11%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed up +110 (+1.98%). Coffee prices Monday settled sharply higher, with arabica coffee posting a new all-time nearest-futures high. Below-normal rain in Brazil heightened coffee crop concerns and boosted coffee prices after Somar...