A senior United Nations (UN) official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russia’s first deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets.

An 8,000-head per day state-of-the-art beef processing facility utilizing robotics and other high-tech features was announced in Rapid City last week. Groundbreaking would be as early as next year.

Even with the partial ban by the European Union, one industry expert says it’s possible diesel prices will see a slight reprieve in the coming weeks; however, it won’t come in the form of dollars.

It was an ugly day in the ag markets on Tuesday with grain and livestock futures. Michelle Rook talked with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing about the sell off.

It’s crunch time for farmers in the northwestern corn belt that are facing prevent plant decisions...due to excessive rains that have delayed planting.

You may need more nitrogen to fuel this year’s crop adequately. Also, cutworms are on the move. Ferrie advises dropping your threshold tolerance to 1.5%.