First major USDA reports of 2025 buoy the spirits of corn and soybean farmers but bring heartburn to cotton farmers.

USDA’s NASS showed farmers have started planting corn, cotton, sorghum and rice. USDA shows 2% of the nation’s corn crop is in the ground, which is on par with last year, and also consistent ...

Consultancy hEDGEpoint Global Markets said cotton planting in Brazil should occur ... at a disadvantage” to competitors such as corn, soybeans, peanuts, rice, and wheat, analyst David Silbiger ...