The study of animal disease emerged as a systematic science in the 18th century, and USDA first engaged in such work in 1883. USDA’s new National Bio- and AgroDefense Facility is on the verge of opening in Kansas.

Soybeans see profit taking, with Argentina rain chances, but follow through buying in wheat pulls corn back up. Cattle seeing short covering, while hogs await a cash bottom. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag has more.

Sustainable Beef LLC. isn’t the first regional packing plant to be proposed or built in cattle country, but the unique business model may help it to succeed where others have failed.

In just a few buck-wild months in 2015, a Texas grifter pulled off a swindle nearing $100M, and turned the cattle industry into his playground, stirring more cash than some of the largest beef companies in the U.S.

For 2023, evaluate your production risk. I would only become aggressive once prices move beyond your breakeven costs.

Thus, the trend of the 2023/24 ag markets is clearly balancing on a tightrope of weather.