Month: June 2022

The USDA’s 2022 commercial beef and pork production estimates are up from May, while the federally inspected poultry outlooks are down. Beef production is seen at 27.907 billion pounds, up 65 million on higher slaughter [Read More…]

The USDA made upward revisions for old and new crop U.S. rice ending stocks, while leaving cotton unchanged. Old crop rice was up 1 million hundredweight from May at 38.5 million, with higher imports and [Read More…]

A farmer in south-central Minnesota is trying cover crops for the first time. Sam Ziegler of Good Thunder says he’s looking to improve water permeation and reduce soil erosion. “We saw it pretty clear here [Read More…]

The USDA has increased its estimate for this year’s winter wheat crop. Production is now projected at 1.182 billion bushels, 1% above the May guess on a slightly higher average yield figure, up 0.3 bushels [Read More…]

The National Pork Producers Council is calling for continued vaccine bank funding in the next farm bill. NPPC chief veterinarian Dr. Liz Wagstrom says Foot and Mouth Disease remains a top priority. “We’re definitely going [Read More…]

Domestic beef demand hit its highest level in more than 30 years in 2021. Cattlemen’s Beef Board chairman, Norman Voyles of Indiana says that was in large part due to the beef checkoff.  Ensuring US [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and near- or below-normal rainfall across most of the country.  Unusual heat will prevail in the Southeast, while cooler-than-normal [Read More…]