Colorado’s top leaders on Wednesday were not short on adjectives to describe Nebraska’s petition asking the country’s highest court to weigh in on a long-simmering water dispute between the states.

Soybean and grain futures were lower in overnight trading as the U.S. harvest rolls on and on continued uncertainty about the ongoing tariff war with China. 

By Bryan Doherty Published on October 14, 2025 Photo: Meredith Operations Corp. What Happened Recent movement in grain and oilseed prices might be described as watching paint dry. Little price volatility is reflective of a standoff in fundamental factors as well as other outside influences. Harvest pressure, uncertainty with a government shutdown, trade wars, and ample supplies are keeping a lid on prices. December corn futures, currently trading near $4.20, have not moved

Lenz Farms sits on 12,000 acres of rolling prairies and grasslands near the small city of Wray in Yuma County. It’s mid-summer, and this time of year the cattle are grazing in the pastures or fattening up in the feedlot. Many of the farms’ fields are green, filled with potato, corn and bean crops.

Wheat, soybean futures decline in overnight trading; China soybean, total imports surge