Month: July 2023

The USDA says mostly mild weather conditions were interrupted by scattered storms last week in Ohio. Sixty-eight percent of Ohio’s corn crop is called good to excellent, with 29 percent silking, compared to the five-year [Read More…]

Crop conditions in Arkansas are improving. The USDA reports as of Sunday 73% of corn, 77% of cotton, 83% of peanuts, and 71% of soybeans are rated good to excellent. The alfalfa hay crop is [Read More…]

Crop stress from a lack of moisture was partially offset by cooler temperatures last week across Iowa. Ag Secretary Mike Naig says USDA’s latest crop report from the state shows despite dry conditions, the below [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed, preparing for the week’s direct business, while feeders were down sharply on the strength in corn. August live was down $1.27 at $178.75 and October was $1.60 [Read More…]

Illinois crops are progressing ahead of last year and the five-year average. The USDA reports as of Sunday, the corn crop is rated 45 percent good to excellent, with 88% silking and 18% in the [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall across most of the country.  Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to New York and New England. Meanwhile, [Read More…]

The USDA is investing $33 million toward 82 research, extension and education projects at the nation’s historically black 1890 land-grant universities. The projects are part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Capacity Building [Read More…]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association vice president of government affairs Ethan Lane says the Biden administration’s new approach to global trade doesn’t work for cattle producers. “It is absolutely unconscionable that the Trade Representative to the [Read More…]

AUDIO: Congressman Zach Nunn – Revitalizing Rural Communities Act A new bill in the House would increase investments in agricultural communities. U.S. Congressman Zach Nunn says he’s co-authoring the Revitalizing Rural Communities Act. “For a [Read More…]

Legislation has been introduced to require school districts to purchase domestically sourced food for in-school meals. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, introduced the Senate version of the American Food for American Schools Act [Read More…]