Corn and wheat were down; cotton and soybeans were up for the week. On Thursday and Friday the USDA hosted their 91st annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia. The conference provided preliminary estimates for the 2015/16 marketing year. Domestic planted acreage for wheat, corn, and soybeans was estimated to decrease 3.1 million acres to 228 million. Planted acreage for wheat was estimated to decrease from 56.8 million to 55.5 million. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.

Corn, soybeans, cotton, and wheat were up for the week. On Tuesday February 10th, the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. As expected, the report did not contain any major revisions and overall was not a major market mover. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.

Corn, soybeans, cotton, and wheat were up for the week. As we move through February and March, producers and landowners will be faced with several important decisions. First, landowners have a onetime decision whether to reallocate base acres and update program yields on their FSA farms by February 27, 2015. Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.

Corn, soybeans, and wheat were down; cotton was up for the week. January saw corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton prices move lower. In January, March corn futures peaked January 6th at $4.09 and closed the month at $3.70 (down 39 cents); March soybean futures peaked January 8th at $10.62 and closed the month at $9.61 (down $1.01); March wheat futures peaked Janu-ary 6th at $6.03 and closed the month at $5.02 (down $1.01); and March cotton futures peaked January 6th at 61.25 and closed the month at 59.36 (down 1.89 cents). Continue reading at Tennessee Market Highlights.

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