Over the past decade, the number of mixed animal and food animal veterinarians has decreased by 15%. USDA’s plan encompasses five actions to support veterinarians and protect livestock across rural communities.

The onset of drought and disease are causing growing concerns about the size of the U.S. corn and soybean crops this year. Analysts caution while the crops may be going backward in terms of yield, it’s possible USDA actually raises its yield estimates in the September report.

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says live and feeder cattle futures saw end of month profit taking on Thursday and some follow through selling to start Friday.

Most moms hate the question, “What’s for dinner?” So, when the meal load becomes heavy — as we are not only feeding our families, but also the crew helping us farm — let’s rally together.

We love what we do, and we’d prefer to focus our time and energy on our vocation of food production. Yet we also know that we need a voice in the corridors of power—and when it comes to farming, nobody’s voice holds more power than the voice of the farmer.

The Midwest crop is being pushed into black layer (R6) prematurely in some areas in ways that are easy to confuse with normal drydown factors.