Sarah Gonzalez

USDA drops two of its most anticipated reports at noon — Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings — offering fresh numbers on crop supplies and early acreage intentions. Both can move markets, and both land before growers know what the weather will bring.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has had an immediate impact on nitrogen fertilizer markets, but the full effects of the disruption may still be developing, according to an analysis by economists at the Agricultural Risk Policy Center at North Dakota State University.

The U.S. Forest Service has finalized a long-contested land exchange with Resolution Copper, clearing a major hurdle for development of one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits.

The Trump administration faces a 2 p.m. deadline today to report to the U.S. Court of International Trade on its plan to refund tariff collections made under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The U.S. is at risk of losing its edge in agricultural innovation to China without an uptick in research and development investments, a new report finds.

China is expanding its economic relationship with Africa while U.S. trade policy is at a turning point, notes a University of Illinois analysis.