Q2

Quarterly Outlook

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Corn
Bull Makes Appearance
Continuing price rallies for old-crop corn

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Fruit, Nut & Vegetable
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

The Buzz on 2025 Almond Bloom

Yields this year could fall between those during 2023 and 2024. Reduced inputs and bee shortages may keep them on the lower side.

Matt Woolf
Beef
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

Cattle Market Continues to Hold Firm

Familiar themes of tight inventory and strong beef demand continue, though price volatility may become more of a market factor going forward.

Don Close
Corn
Grain
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

Will the Bull Send the Corn Bear Back Into Hibernation?

Farmers should remain patient and disciplined, as higher prices may be around the corner for old-crop corn.

Bree Baatz
Dairy
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

Cheese Demand and Trade Uncertainty May Move Markets in 2025

Dairy markets are positioned for a moderately strong year, though twists and turns are almost certain to come.

Ben Laine
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook
Swine

Will Trade Issues Dissuade Expansion?

Trade disruptions remain a wild card and could influence prices during Q2.

Dave Weaber
Grain
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

A Sad Sorghum Soliloquy

Three factors need to change to make sorghum profitable.

Matt Clark
Bree Baatz
Grain
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook
Soybean

Know When to Hold ’Em

Soybean acreage decisions loom.

John Newton
Wild Card: Chinese demand could account for 20 million U.S. soybean acres, or 11 million acres.
Fruit, Nut & Vegetable
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

Why There Will Be Fewer Processing Tomato Acres in 2025

USDA data imply the fewest number of planted acres since the 1970s.

Matt Woolf
Grain
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook
Wheat

Wheat Needs a Market Mover

Current production estimates at today’s prices with today’s input costs will leave thin margins for the second consecutive year.

Matt Clark
Grapes & Wine
Q2 2025 Quarterly Outlook

Still Down, With Some Signs of Life at the High End

The higher retail price tiers saw substantial improvement in wine sales relative to 2023.

Chris Bitter