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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Farmers looking forward to retirement may want to consider a cash balance plan. We go over the details
Brazilian and Chinese officials are re-discussing a protocol aimed at allowing Brazilian corn to be shipped to China sooner than initially intended, according to Brazil’s ag minister.
Three of the largest U.S. poultry processors have agreed to settle claims by the Justice Department over their alleged longstanding effort to share information about workers in order to drive down compensation.
U.S. Forest Service reforestation funding rose to over $100 million this year as part of moves to plant more than a billion trees in a decade under the infrastructure package passed in 2021, USDA said in a statement.
Efficiency is everything in agriculture. And thanks to John Deere’s newly released See & Spray Ultimate, growers can spray less and gain cost efficiency—conquering the battle against herbicide resistance.
USDA raised its consumer food price forecast again, to 8.5% to 9.5% for 2022. The agency had initially predicted a 2% to 3% rise in prices. Eggs, fats and oils, and poultry prices are making the biggest gains.
John Phipps says he was aware that the West and especially the southern Plains had high average wind speeds, he didn’t realize the Midwest was also a good place to site wind turbines, especially the newer, larger ones.
Grains rebounded Monday putting in war and weather premium. Cattle worked in the USDA numbers from Friday, while hogs saw profit taking.
Cattle turn mixed after the Friday reports, with hogs seeing profit taking. Grains continue to rebound. Michelle Rook talks markets with Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Grain return higher after Russia bombs Odesa port, extended weather is also supportive. Livestock setting back. Chuck Shelby with Risk Management Commodities joins Michelle Rook to kick off the week.