Month: April 2026

USDA officials are still weighing when, or if, live cattle imports from Mexico can resume.  The threat of New World screwworm is ongoing, and the department has been conducting risk assessments as it considers reopening [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were all higher Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.7050.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0250 at $1.5875.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5725 to $1.5825.  Cheese barrels were up $0.0025 at $1.5750.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was up $0.01 at $1.7475.  Ten sales were recorded, ranging from $1.7375 to [Read More…]

A beef specialist with the University of Illinois Extension says the arrival of spring has many producers turning cattle out onto pastures. Travis Meteer says early season grasses can pose a challenge to cow health. [Read More…]

A member of the governing board of Clean Fuels Alliance America says the biodiesel and renewable diesel industries are poised to take advantage of new Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) issued by the EPA. Rob Shaffer, [Read More…]

Federal lawmakers are discussing ways to help alleviate rising ag input prices. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says revoking countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer imports would be a start. “The 18 percent tariff (currently in [Read More…]