Grains are mostly lower early Thursday, with cattle and hogs mixed. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing says the grain markets have been a bloodbath this week.

Grain futures were mixed in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Jul. corn rose by 2.25 cents at $4.12 a bushel. Jul. wheat was off 1 cent at $5.27 a bushel. Jul.

Forage oats plantings have been fairly popular in sub-tropical regions of eastern Australia this year following good rain ...

A recent Associated Press story in the OBSERVER had me shaking my head. According to the United Nations, hardly the organization that FDR and Harry Truman envisioned at the end of World War II, it is ...