AgDay
Hosted by Haley Bickelhaupt, AgDay provides the nation’s farmers and ranchers with the latest news, weather and business headlines, and features the people and places unique to the industry and small-town America.
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Grains quietly lower, but are the markets close to a bottom and ready to put in a spring rally? Cattle and hogs are under pressure with cash the key to bottoming. Rich Nelson of Allendale has more.
Equipment makers are rolling out machines, infrastructure is being installed, batteries are getting better, and it might soon be possible to generate enough electricity on-farm to power your fleet without fuel.
Congress’s ag committees on Monday received a letter, urging them to prioritize ag research infrastructure in the farm bill. According to a report, universities need a $50 billion ag research infrastructure overhaul.
Don’t let kinked or damaged hoses hamper spring fieldwork.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Oliver Sloup of Blue Line Futures talks about another day of risk off fund selling in wheat and soybeans, corn holds support but for how long?
USDA’s Cold Storage Report showed frozen beef stocks declined more than average during March. But pork stocks climbed contra-seasonally.
The cattle market has taken a break from the highs, but it may be too early to get bearish. What Does USDA’s April 1 Cattle on Feed Report tell us about supplies and prices moving forward?
Markets end mostly lower with risk off fund selling, weather, fast planting, Brazil prices. Cattle consolidating waiting for cash direction, with hogs failing. Oliver Sloup, Blue Line Futures has details.
Funds continue to sell in grains with risk off from outside markets, fast planting, rain for HRW areas & Brazil competition. Cattle consolidate but cash is key. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing.
For a developed country as large as the US, we are almost unique in our lack of robust rail capabilities. John Phipps answers a viewer’s question about the possibility of updating the rail system to move grain faster.