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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.
USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report showed feedlot inventories up around 1% at 10.853 million head as of April 1, which was in line with expectations.
This baler sold Saturday (April 16) at a northeast Michigan farm auction.
USDA’s Cold Storage Report showed a downtick in total frozen beef and pork stocks from month-ago levels.
Canadian farmers intend to plant more barley and corn for grain in 2016 than in 2015, but smaller areas of wheat, canola, soybeans and oats, according to Statistics Canada’s March Farm Survey.
Machinery Pete highlights recent record high auction sale prices on rare IHC 2 2 tractors from the early 1980s
Drenching rains were badly needed, following a dry March in the Great Plains. Get more weather highlights from Meteorologist Gail Martell.
Potash and Phosphate prices firmed mildly this week on seasonal tendencies.
Todd “Bubba” Horwitz says with all of the potential problems that farming can create, farmers can do things to protect and alleviate the unforeseen problems that come their way.
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier trimmed his Brazil crop pegs on dry conditions in northeastern Brazil and heavy rains hampering soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul.
Some form of drought now covers 93.4% of Kansas, up from 74% last week. Moderate drought across the state also spread.
Pro Farmer Senior Economist Dan Vaught takes a look at the long-term trends in hog and pork production.
Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier points out the ten states with the greatest percentage increases in corn acreage from year-ago were fridge corn states.
People say “you can choose your friends, but not your family.” We could turn that expression around though and say “you can choose to be friends with your family.” That step could be especially important if you also choose to work with family every day in veterinary practice. That was a choice Jim Furman, DVM, MS, and his son Tom Furman, DVM, MS, made 11 years ago when Tom returned to join the family practice, the Animal Center, in Alliance, Neb.
The International Grain Council projects global corn production in 2016-17 to rise by 2.2% and for global wheat production to decline by 2.9% from 2015-16.
Farmers in Texas and Louisiana were the first ones on my radar, tweeting very early on that they were able to get into the fields relatively early. From there, temperatures in the Midwest began to warm quickly, and warmer soil temperatures had growers eyeing an early start which, historically has supported higher planted corn acreage.
Todd “Bubba” Horwitz says everyone who owns a business eventually has to become involved in finance, marketing and production. These activities are a must to effectively manage your business.
Meanwhile, South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier says there is disagreement about safrinha corn acreage in Brazil
We are 100% filled on spring/summer nitrogen. Get current as we expect N prices to firm.
Farm fuels drafted higher on higher crude oil and heating oil futures. Propane has just about seen its day for this winter, but diesel demand is just starting to perk up. This week’s report includes audio commentary from Scott Davis on global crude oil supplies.
Watch all three segments that Pro Farmer Editor Brian Grete took part in over the weekend on U.S. Farm Report with Tyne Morgan.
Text highlights from USDA’s March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report.
These low mile 1995 and 2002 model International 2574 grain trucks sold this past Friday.
This week’s price action may give us the “V” bottom we have been looking for in NH3. fuels ticked slightly higher as our Nutrient Composite Index firmed slightly for the first time in a long time.
P&K prices may continue to fall with potash holding the greatest chance of price softness. Phosphate prices may be supported by spring demand, especially in areas where supplies run thin.
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier raised his soybean crop pegs as harvest advances in Brazil.
This restored tractor sold on Feb. 20, 2016
U.S. phosphate producers announced more production cuts earlier this month and asserted that current phosphate prices are “attractive to farmers”. But when compared to the price of corn, phosphate prices may have farmers doing a little curtailing of their own.