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First Day of Seeding- North 2023!
So we are finally ready and after a word of prayer we are excited to get this show on the road! ?? Let's go!! For extra entertainment, polls, pictures, flash backs, Ashtyn & Chapel, and more interactive content or just to contact Mike
Five-Year Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy
Strategic and collaborative investments in research and technology transfer bolster the Canadian beef sector’s leadership in responsibly meeting rising global food production needs. Today, the Beef Cattle Research Council and its industry partners released a renewed five-year strategy to help target funding toward achieving high-priority beef research and extension objectives. The Five-Year Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy supports increasing productivity while building upon the sector’s leadership in environmental, […]
Crop prices impact farmer sentiment in latest Ag Economy Barometer
Lower crop prices played a role in the drop in farmer sentiment in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert is the survey’s principal investigator and director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. “If you look at commodity prices from when we collected data in April to when we collected data in May, depending on whether you’re looking at corn, soybeans or wheat, those prices were all […]
Mulhern retiring from NMPF
The National Milk Producers Federation has announced its president and CEO will retire at the end of the year. Jim Mulhern, a Wisconsin native, has led the organization for a decade and spent 45 years working in agricultural and dairy policy. The board plans to start work naming a new executive at its meeting this week. ...
Hog futures supported by stronger cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up ahead of the week’s direct cash business. August live cattle closed $2.22 higher at $175.50 and October lives closed $1.92 higher at $178.25. August feeders closed $.65 higher at $243.25 and September feeders closed $.90 higher at $246.52. Direct cash cattle trade activity was relatively quiet. A few bids surfaced at $190 and $191 live in the North and […]
Kildee supports dispute settlement consultation efforts
A U.S. Congressman says Mexico should have brought their cultural issues with biotech corn to negotiations in the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement process. Michigan Democrat Dan Kildee tells Brownfield he met with Mexico’s president earlier this year to discuss enforcement of the agreement. “I pressed him on this issue, and he went on a long monologue about the cultural aspects of this, but he kept coming back to the statement […]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 6, 2023
Jul. corn closed at $6.08, up 10 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.53 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $396.70, down $4.50Jul. soybean oil closed at 50.92, up 166 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.27 and 3/4, up 3 and 3/4 centsJun. live cattle closed at $179.82, up $2.67Aug. feeder cattle closed at $243.25, up 65 centsJun. ...
USMEF working to build value for US beef as supply decreases
As the US beef supply shrinks, the US Meat Export Federation is working to increase the value of US beef on the global market. During the Illinois Beef Association’s Annual Meeting in Springfield on Tuesday, John Herath with USMEF tells Brownfield drought and input prices have caused a decrease in US beef production. “And so we need to provide financial incentive for that production to come back. If there’s only […]
