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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Dairy farmers across the U.S. are battling growing concerns about a spike in costs, as inflation, rising input costs are eating into dairy farm margins this year. Issues with sourcing labor are also adding to the pain.
Leaders the world’s largest input companies report material and freight costs continue to be high and farmers should expect prices to be up in 2022.
The fertilizer industry is swarmed with Black Swan events. From the impacts of Hurricane Ida to political issues entangled in a cobweb of production slowdowns in Europe and China, prices could surpass 2008 highs.
Jacko Garrett’s remarkable 40-year quest to feed the hungry began with a single trailer of grain from his farm and continues today with millions of pounds of grain directed to the needy.
The AgJunction board of directors unanimously approved the transaction after a confidential process of entertaining offers of third parties.
Roughly 25% of U.S. critical infrastructure is at risk of failure due to flooding. AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer put a magnifying glass on extreme weather, war, and other hot topics on The Hill.
CBOT soybean futures slumped on Monday, as traders jockeyed for position on what is shaping up to be a large U.S. harvest and ahead of a U.S. production forecast this week that is expected to be bearish.
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Recent moisture in the Plains combined with quota talk in Russia, is helping continue the bullish outlook for wheat. DuWayne Bosse of Bolt Marketing thinks both winter and spring wheat acres are set to rise.
Oil prices rose by about 2% on Monday, extending gains as an energy crisis grips major economies amid a pick-up in economic activity and restrained supplies from major producers.
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China said on Saturday it pressed the United States to eliminate tariffs in talks between the countries’ top trade officials that Washington saw as a test of bilateral engagement between the world’s biggest economies.
Despite slowdowns in the export sales picture, actual exports are still running 26% ahead of the same time period last year, and with higher commodity prices, bulk export values are up 60%. USDA says that’s led by corn.
The White House’s executive order signed in September requires all USDA employees to be vaccinated by Nov. 22, and includes county FSA offices and employees, as well as elected county committee members who are paid.
Ahead of USDA’s October reports next week, debate continued on just how big of a U.S. corn crop is being harvested right now. University of Illinois economists weighed in during the U.S. Farm Report College Roadshow.
Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, blasting the decision as “unscientific.”
Republicans say the burden to raise the debt ceiling should rest with Democrats due to the Biden administration’s intention to pass trillions in the reconciliation bill.
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The U.S. House Agriculture Committee held its fourth hearing on livestock markets on Thursday, with witnesses addressing the need for reforms but with no consensus of what such reforms might entail.
The 5100 Series from Mahindra offers two models (45 hp and 55 hp) aiming to make a splash in the U.S. market.
This tractor sold for a record price, just eclipsing what the same tractor sold for 8 years ago at auction
U.S. beef exports topped $1 billion in value for the first time in a single month during August, while U.S. pork exports posted another strong month remaining ahead of the record pace established last year.
Auga says its M1 tractor can replace a 400 horsepower diesel tractor and run for up to 12 hours thanks to larger, quick-change gas cartridges.
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New Record $26,000/Acre Iowa Farmland Sale, Record Amount of Land Could Flood Market in Next 60 Days
A piece of farmland in Johnson County, Iowa, brought $26,000 per acre. One land appraiser expects the historic run in farmland values to slow as a record amount of land could enter the market in the next 60 days.
A virtual working meeting is expected before year’s end between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Scientists advance corn genome sequencing at a frenzied pace as now 26 different lines have been mapped.
Chris Edgington, a row-crop farmer based near St. Ansgar, shares his perspective on what drives most U.S. producers today.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food prices are up 40% over the past 15 months.