FARM NEWS BRIEFS

(SPRINGFIELD) Here’s the top farm news stories from Successful Farming. Wheat futures declined in overnight trading amid an outlook for increased production in Argentina and as investors square positions ahead of tomorrow’s supply & demand reports from the USDA. Meanwhile, tractor and combine sales plunged in October as transactions were down across the board. While the sales of all tractors were down by almost 20% from the same month last year, combine sales dropped 27% from a year ago. Four-wheel drive tractor sales were down 56%.