Cash Market Moves
Members of IBEW System Council No. 11 began a strike in Canada after contract negotiations with CPKC broke down.
Rural Resilience - 8
Kassidy and Klayton Bremer, sixth-generation Iowa farm kids, returned to production agriculture careers at a large-scale hog operation and a cow-calf ranch while maintaining outside income to sustain their 150-year-old family farm.
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
Nationwide, corn was 93% planted, and the crop was rated 67% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, May 31. Soybean planting reached 87% complete with the crop rated 66% in good-to-excellent condition. Winter wheat conditions were rated 26% good to excellent and spring wheat conditions were rated 47% good to excellent, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.