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The president of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association says a proposed rule from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management challenges grazing land access for livestock producers. The proposed rule allows the BLM to identify lands and waters that require habitat restoration. Time-limited conservation leases would allow interested organizations to restore or mitigate lands that are traditionally used for multiple uses: to graze livestock, timber or hunt. Eric Jennings […]

A market analyst sees a decline in yield and export demand for this year’s U.S. corn crop. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing says she anticipates a larger old crop carryout in USDA’s July supply and demand report. “Because our exports are still not fantastic and we’re not up to USDA goals and objectives. And that also makes us think that for the new crop, the USDA had increased export […]

Soybean growers should still be preparing for disease pressure despite significant dryness this year. In this Pods for Profits, plant pathologist Marty Chilvers with Michigan State University will discuss how to protect soybeans from white mold infestations and what tools are available to track its spread.   ...

There was no change in the Global Dairy Trade index in Tuesday’s trading session, as the average dairy product price remained at $3,479 dollars a metric ton. Price increases for butter and anhydrous milk fat offset losses by Cheddar cheese and skim milk powder. Butter prices were up 5.5% to $5,379 dollars per metric ton or $2.43 per pound. Anhydrous milk fat was up half of a percent to $4,758 […]

Airable Research Lab, funded by Ohio soybean checkoff dollars, focuses on developing new products that use soy-based oils and feedstocks.  Those products do two things – they increase demand for Ohio soybeans and the solve both industry and consumer challenges. In this Voice of Soy, Barry McGraw, chief laboratory officer at Airable provides an update on the lab. ...

South-Central Nebraska farmer Doug Saathoff says crops will struggle during this week’s extreme temperatures when highs approach 100 degrees.  “We just don’t have a lot of subsoil moisture going into this year.  It’s hard to stay ahead when the temperatures are getting over 90.  We’re starting to get some wind so that makes it worse.” Areas of the Great Plains will see daytime highs in the middle to upper 90s […]

In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, Missouri Corn board member and central Missouri farmer Jay Schutte talks about how ethanol is evolving to meet tomorrow’s fuel needs. ...

A livestock economist says the decline in diesel prices has provided relief to cattle transportation costs. Elliot Dennis with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says this has had a significant impact on margins.    “Interest rates are rising, cattle prices are rising and now we have an additional thing that we’re bringing to light. This decision about transportation in the past may not have mattered, it really is mattering going forward.” […]

This week Illinois Soybean Association’s Agronomic Programs Coordinator Deanna Burkhart invites you to join their summer webinar series as she reviews dates, times, topics and registration details.   ...