Month: April 2019

From left to right, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts The governors of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri met with officials of the Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday afternoon [Read More…]

Photo: SDSU Extension People everywhere can tour a state-of-the-art swine research unit thanks to video live-streaming. South Dakota State University swine specialist Bob Thaler says after a new swine unit was opened near the campus, [Read More…]

An extension grain market economist was surprised by the low spring wheat number in last week’s USDA Prospective Planting report. “I’ve been looking for a big shift in the Dakotas away from soybeans and more [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on technical pressure and weakness in cash and wholesale beef.  Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn.  April live cattle [Read More…]

Farmers in most of Wisconsin now qualify for USDA low-interest loans because of winter storm damage. Producers with property or livestock losses in twenty-four primary counties and 32 contiguous Wisconsin counties can apply for the [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is a strong advocate for the next generation of agricultural leaders. Speaking at the National FFA Headquarters on Tuesday, he told FFA members he was inspired by them.   “I’m a [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China have resumed and while there have been signs of progress, nothing’s official. Big sticking points for the U.S. continue [Read More…]

The Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, the U.S. Grains Council and the Regional Livestock Pork Producers Union of Sonora, Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding that will result in more U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles [Read More…]

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower at midweek ahead of a slightly bullish dairy products report as traders bought back oversold positions. Weekly dairy prices in the EU are higher for butter, [Read More…]

A new USDA study shows today’s ethanol is more environmentally friendly than previously thought.  USDA’s Jan Lewandrowski says, “The ethanol that we’re producing today is much more greenhouse gas friendly than the ethanol we produced [Read More…]