Northern Crops Marketing and Investments, Ltd. (NCMI) is a full service commodity brokerage firm located at 142 Christian Drive in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the heart of North America's agriculture production area. We specialize in agricultural risk management and marketing strategies. We also trade through R. J. O'Brien & Associates, our clearinghouse.
NCMI's primary objective is to help clients spread, transfer, and limit risk. We utilize futures and options, along with cash contracts, to hedge. Basis, premiums, and discounts are also monitored closely. We have a variety of clientele across the United States and agri-business contacts worldwide.
Our goal is to combine our experience with the latest technology to provide quality, personal service. NCMI is committed to directly communicating with clients on a regular basis to establish and execute a marketing plan.
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Trump administration officials announced USDA will use up to $700 million to incentivize farmers to use regenerative agricultural practices. Promoting foods grown using these practices will also be part of the MAHA agenda, which includes a new federal fund for rural health care.
Fertilizer prices continued to be mostly higher for the first week of December 2025. Five of the eight major fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month while the other three were slightly less expensive for the second week in a row. No fertilizers had a significant price move, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more.
New World screwworm, a deadly tissue-eating pest, is spreading through Mexico and moving toward the U.S. border. Officials are using surveillance and sterile flies to prevent outbreaks here.
Tuesday's December USDA WASDE report, not typically a big market mover, ran true to form, with the only notable domestic change in corn being that exports were raised more than pre-report estimates had expected. Wheat and soybeans were left alone on the domestic side, while world wheat production rose, but had already been in the market.
In 1908 President Roosevelt's Country Life Commission was established and focused attention on the problems of farm wives and the difficulty of keeping children on the farm
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