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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In preparation for farm bill 2023, the House Ag Committee met on Tuesday to grasp the highs and lows of the current farm bill and fill any gaps in 2023.
Grain prices are mixed with livestock mostly lower. The markets are still digesting the current and future Fed moves and the Russia Ukraine news. Michelle Rook gets details with Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain.
Grain prices mixed with a corrective bounce in row crops, profit taking in wheat with new highs in the dollar. Livestock lower on consolidation. Michelle Rook gets analysis with Rich Nelson of Allendale.
When taking trucks and equipment out of storage prior to harvest, assume every tire needs air.
NCBA announces its “75% plan,” a regional approach to improve cattle market price discovery without mandating participation by producers or packers.
In a discussion on AgriTalk, Ethan Lane discussed the group’s objections to the plan, and what alternatives could be.
Consumer and wholesale beef demand are currently at 30-year highs, and economists say there are currently limited signs of that demand slowing down, as beefed up demand is a story across the U.S. and around the world.
The House Ag Committee passed the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 by unanimous vote on Thursday. Supporters say the act would give greater transparency to cattle markets and more leverage to producers.
Monday’s reveal of the Senate’s updated cattle market reform bill generated some strong opinions from a cross-section of industry stakeholders, but no consensus.
This past Saturday, the U.S.