In this clip from BovInnovation held during the virtual Canadian Beef Industry Conference in 2021, Dr. Tommy Ware and Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky make planning for strategic calving management (Sandhills Calving Management) simpler with an iPad and Google Satellite imaging. Planning your calving pasture moves can reduce scours outbreaks and improve the overall health of the herd.
Cattle markets are up and are going to continue to go up.
The U.S. has reported an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a beef cow approximately five years old or older at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. The animal never entered slaughter channels and at no time presented a risk to the food supply or to human health in the U.S. The radio frequency identification tag present on the animal is associated with a herd in Tennessee. APHIS […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were both higher ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed numbers. While placements were down, that was largely expected. There was another light round of direct cash cattle business on Friday. Dressed deals were marked at $282, that’s $2 above the week’s previous business and the prior week’s weighted averages. There was light business on Wednesday and Thursday with dressed deals […]
April U.S. milk production was three-tenths of a percent higher than a year ago. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says production was at 19.2 billion pounds of milk. The 24 major milk-producing states had production rise half a percent, accounting for 18.4 billion pounds of milk in April. USDA also revised the March production figures to 19 billion pounds, a tenth of a percent more than originally estimated. Production per […]
Jul. corn closed at $5.54 and 1/2, down 3/4 centJul. soybeans closed at $13.07 and 1/4, down 26 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $409.10, down $5.00Jul. soybean oil closed at 47.27, down 2 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.05, down 6 and 3/4 centsJun. live cattle closed at $165.72, up 20 centsAug. feeder cattle closed at $235.10, up 60 centsJun. lean hogs closed at $83.02, down $2.27Jun. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says this disaster relief program will be for crop and livestock producers who had losses from natural disasters last year. USDA says the 2022 Emergency Relief Program will be divided into two tracks based on federal crop insurance status and will launch at the same time this summer. Pre-filled applications will be mailed to farmers with crop insurance. Farmers without crop insurance will need to […]
A new alliance between Nutrien Ag Solutions and Bunge will support soybean farmers’ carbon reduction efforts. Dr. Sally Flis leads Nutrien’s sustainable agriculture team. “What is the carbon intensity score associated with soybean production in some areas that we’ve selected in Iowa and Indiana? And how can we then in subsequent cropping seasons work with these growers to continue to drive down that carbon intensity score?” she says. Flis says […]
