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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Jim Conlan contends Swampbuster regulation is compelled conservation—all government stick and no carrot.
Soybean losses related to recent floods in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul were estimated at 2.71 MMT, state crop agency Emater said.
Steve Meyer, senior livestock economist, Ever.Ag Insights, says cash and cutouts just stalled the last six weeks, pulling down lean hog futures and cutting into break evens and profit levels.
Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, says with corn rated at 75% good to excellent the market sees the crop getting off to a good start, so the mentality has changed to “rain makes grain.”
Grain and livestock futures ended mostly in the red on Tuesday. Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, says the mentality in grains as turned to “rain makes grain”, especially with the favorable crop ratings.
Nine months ago, high-horsepower tractors were selling for record-high auction prices. Those same models are now bringing more than $100,000 less. As prices trend down, the opposite is happening with inventory on lots.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) won’t be commonplace anytime soon because its production is being hindered by significant land requirements and rising costs, according to Oilprice.com.
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Grains turn mixed after early pressure. Jon Scheve with Superior Feed Ingredients says the markets are searching for direction, but weather is still the main focus. He has marketing advice.
Cattle futures were under heavy pressure to start Monday’s trade but found support midday to finish back near unchanged on the day.