With Senate on break, attention shifts to feedback on the recent Make
America Healthy Again report and on weather both in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Markets are closed Monday for Memorial Day observances.
FTop 5 Things to Watch
Weather is taking center stage this week for Alabama and Nebraska farmers
reporting in as part of DTN's View From the Cab series.
BView From the Cab
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States
for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on
May 1, 2025. The inventory was 2% below May 1, 2024, USDA NASS reported on
Friday.
BUSDA May 1 Cattle on Feed Report
After seeking bankruptcy protections in March, specialty soybean company
Benson Hill has new ownership under a new company name: Confluence Genetics.
BBankrupt Benson Hill Assets Purchased
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston from the Northern District of
California, granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday extending her order
that halts President Donald Trump's executive order that directed mass
"reductions in force." The order likely delays USDA's plans to reorganize and
slash jobs.
BLegal Battle Over Federal Job Cuts
