Month: July 2023

A group of Kansas agricultural producers and the Kansas Natural Resource Coalition are suing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for its lesser prairie-chicken protections. Attorney Charles Yates with Pacific Legal Foundation is representing the [Read More…]

Photo by U.S. Meat Export Federation Producers representing the National Pork Board saw the importance of U.S. pork exports firsthand recently in Cartagena, Colombia. Alayne Johnson, a NPB director from northeastern Indiana, attended the U.S. [Read More…]

Soybeans were mixed, mostly lower, but closed solidly higher on the week. Soybeans adjusted spreads Friday, watching the weather, with some conflicts in the forecasts for late this month into early next month. Either way, [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live were mostly lower and feeders were higher watching corn and the direct markets ahead of Friday’s USDA reports.  Live cattle closed $.30 lower at $180.02 and October lives closed [Read More…]

The Michigan Beef Industry Commission has voted to renew a state-level checkoff. Chairman Monte Bordner tells Brownfield state collections will increase from 50 cents to $1 per head starting January 1st. “We have dealt with [Read More…]

South Dakota’s Secretary of Agriculture says the department is still evaluating the impact of the June 20 Dicamba cutoff date.  Hunter Roberts says early indications are that reports of drift were down, but then received [Read More…]

Agricenter International, located inside the Memphis, Tennessee city limits, helps connect agriculture research and innovation to the farmers who use it.  John Butler, president of the center, says the facility dedicates more than 600 acres [Read More…]

Tar spot has now been confirmed in Michigan. Michigan State University plant pathologist Marty Chilvers says low levels have been reported in the southeastern part of the state in Monroe County. “I’m completely not surprised, [Read More…]