Agriculture Markets & Prices

19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (338+ words) Dollar Tree spent $8.5 billion to acquire Family Dollar — and then sold it off for $1 billion just a decade later. Fortune called it an "albatross." CNN called it "disastrous." But here's the twist: Dollar Tree's stock climbed 64% in 2025, with sales topping…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (872+ words) The number of terminated contracts this year is down from 40 in 2025 and 32 in 2024, Becker’s Hospital Review reported on Sept. 4. Naples Comprehensive Health, one of the top 50 U.S. hospitals, will go out of network with Centene’s Wellcare and Health Care Service…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (129+ words) A former North Dakota State University Extension specialist and professor may have retired, but he hasn’t stopped sharing his knowledge of soil with the state. Two years after his retirement from NDSU Extension, Dave Franzen has compiled over five decades…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago   (620+ words) Beneath every rice paddy and wheat field lies an intricate economy of organisms, from bacteria and fungi to nematodes, mites, springtails, potworms and earthworms, all connected through chains of consumption and decomposition that determine how nutrients cycle and how fertile…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (574+ words) Americans face a renewed squeeze on their paychecks as inflation once again rises faster than wage growth, putting further pressure on consumer wallets. "A substantial number of Americans are worse off, their incomes are not keeping up with the price…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (327+ words) A southern dining chain has abruptly closed all its remaining locations. According to multiple reports including the Tennessean, O'Charley's Bar and Restaurant closed all its company locations on Sept. 9, ending the restaurant's 55-year run in the American south. The Nashville-based…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (18+ words) Medical office landlords are gaining pricing power as low supply, tight vacancy and behavioral health demand reshape leasing....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (140+ words) We started Golden Reserve because we saw a financial industry that wasn’t built for you. The vast majority of retirees. It was instead built for multi-millionaires who need complicated investment advice. So unfortunately, you inherited this over-priced 1% model that doesn’t…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (119+ words) The federal government’s Rural Health Transformation Program epitomizes the administration’s strategy of moving fast and experimenting with untested technology. Could tech startups rescue rural healthcare? The federal government’s Rural Health Transformation Program epitomizes the administration’s strategy of moving fast and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (38+ words) Mississippi could be responsible for an estimated $75 million a year in SNAP benefit costs under new federal requirements. Mississippi could be responsible for an estimated $75 million a year in SNAP benefit costs under new federal requirements....