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Market dynamics and consumer shifts support U.S. beef.

For five minutes each day, walk around your farm and clear your mind of everything stressing you out.

Agriculture is a growing and evolving industry, skills and industry knowledge develop over a lifetime.

“The answer to these questions is yes, maybe, sorta,” he says. “One of the things we do know is healthy plants handle stress better than unhealthy plants.”

Before you travel over the river and through the woods, get the latest Thanksgiving week forecast from Meteorologist Mike Hoffman.

One result of the pandemic was a spike in savings rates. In the U.S. last April, Americans collectively saved a record 30% of their income. John Phipps looks at China’s savings rate and what it’s meant for exports.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan, also known as the reconciliation package. This vote came after months of debate and countless rewrites to the plan.

The supply chain constraints are continuing to plague agriculture. As farmers work to make input decisions for the 2022 season, economists expect high input prices to persist through spring.

Farmers tend to focus on net profit per acre in determining financial decisions. I think they should focus more on contribution margin per acre.

John Steinbeck wrote in “The Grapes of Wrath” that, “A man has to do what a man has to do.” That’s my excuse for some of the repairs I’ve made over the years.