Farm and Food File: Halfway through a thin slice of baloney

Farm and Food File: Halfway through a thin slice of baloney

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half.

Halfway through a thin slice of baloney - Farm and Dairy

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half. Key U.S. ag markets quietly survived the raucous first half. For example, November soybean futures opened January near $10.28 per bu. and closed June at roughly $10.27. When was the last time soybean futures survived the first six months of any year — and both the South American harvest and U.S. planting seasons — and lost but …

Farm & Food File: Halfway through a thin slice of baloney

With 2025 half gone, the cautious American ag economy, like the slowing U.S. economy, now tiptoes into its second half.