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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On the consumer side, demand for beef continues to grow and is reaching record levels. Nebraska Farm Bureau reports an index created by the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) to gauge beef demand reached 138 last year, the highest on record and a 10-point jump from 2024.
A family faces bankruptcy and almost $1 million in H-2A fines, with no proof of wrongdoing beyond the walls of a single agency.
Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says the grains and energy sector started higher on war headlines but peaked out quickly by mid session acting like it wasn’t that concerned about the war.
Oklahoma students Clay Schafer and Jaxon Headle give a decades-old tractor a second chance at life.
Today’s market is evolving, not just correcting, according to ag economists. To win the long game, farmers are using generics and delaying machinery purchases as trade shifts to allies and consumers demand premium meat portions.
Purdue’s Dan Quinn explains how using strategies like moisture-seeking planting and the critical N:S ratio are keys to higher yields.
While not necessarily new, market factors and growing awareness are putting the spotlight on residual soil fertility deductions.
Live cattle futures made new and all-time contract highs on Friday with the April contract closing above $250.
A fast-developing El Niño could bring much-needed rain to the Plains, but timing and coverage remain uncertain. Brian Bledsoe explains what a strong event could mean for drought relief.
Here’s an illustration of price discovery for soybeans that serves as a prime example of the efficiency of our price discovery system, as seen in the past 25 years of market history.