A dairy economist says the latest USDA dairy reports don’t add up. Nate Donnay with StoneX says when analyzing the total number of milk components produced in February’s production report compared to dairy product production numbers, there’s a gap. “The biggest anomaly here is on the cheese production—58 million pounds higher than forecast, up 6.3 percent from last year,” he says. Donnay says that miscalculation could come from late reporting […]
The Michigan Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Upper Peninsula. A backyard flock in Menominee County along the Wisconsin border was detected with an isolated case the virus. It’s the third confirmed case in domestic birds in the state. The department is encouraging backyard and commercial poultry owners to use extreme caution and follow strict biosecurity measures to protect their animals […]
President Biden is expected to lift summertime restrictions on E15 during a stop in Iowa today. The White House says the President will speak this afternoon at a POET ethanol plant west of Des Moines about steps the administration is taking to lower energy costs. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor anticipates Biden to lift what she calls “outdated restrictions” on E15 for the 2022 summer driving season, saying the move […]
Across the Corn Belt, warm weather prevails in advance of an approaching storm system. Tuesday’s high temperatures will reach 70 to 80°F or higher throughout the southwestern Corn Belt, extending northward into parts of Iowa and eastward into Illinois. Meanwhile, rain showers are spreading across the upper Midwest. On April 10, topsoil moisture rated surplus ranged from 40 to 60% in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, keeping fieldwork at a […]
In this episode of Missouri Corn Talk Marc Rauch, Executive Vice President of The Auto Channel, highlights common myths about ethanol, benefits of the fuel to the auto industry and the important role corn farmers play in the ethanol industry. ...
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for below-normal temperatures nearly nationwide. In fact, warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to Florida’s peninsula. Meanwhile, below-normal precipitation in the western and central U.S. should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in the East. ...
Dr. Price gives us a brief explanation of some nutritional strategies that can be used to control enteric pathogens. Do you use any of these?
Every decision that is made on a swine operation can have immediate, long term, or ripple effects. This is why it is so important for producers to be able to see the impacts of their decisions prior to making them. Trouw Nutrition’s exclusive swine model Watson is an industry leading production model, helping producers answer questions about diet formulation, shipping management, feed additive or antibiotic usage, and most recently sustainability.
What did Canadian farmland values look like in 2021? The FCC Farmland Values Report was released on March 14. It looked at Canada’s regional land value trends in price per acre. In this webinar recording, J.P. Gervais, FCC Chief Economist, shares an overview of the report’s key findings, followed by a Q&A.?
