Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low

Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.


Farmers drive tractors in front of government office, where they dumped manure, during a protest against European Union agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe.

Czech farmers dump manure on Prague streets in renewed protests

Farmers across EU continue to protest Ukrainian imports and other grievances

Czech farmers dumped manure in front of the government's office, blocked Prague streets with tractors and taunted the country's farm minister on Thursday as they renewed protests demanding more help and a halt to cheap imports to the European Union.









Marla Riekman during her presentation, 'The Science of Soil Salinity,' at Manitoba Ag Days on Jan. 18, 2024.

Why soil salinity is not a salt problem

If you have issues with soil salinity in your field you have a problem with water, not salt. That may be a challenge to wrap your head around at first as people naturally think of salt when they hear the word ‘salinity.’ But when the subject is soil salinity, Marla Riekman, soil management specialist  with