USDA Improves Livestock Crop Insurance Policies with New Options
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is updating livestock insurance policies to improve options for producers and to create additional opportunities…
Sorghum Acres Could Top 2 Million This Year
Though USDA pegged U.S. sorghum acres at 1.8 million in its 2021 Prospective Plantings report, agronomists and crop specialists on…
Replace Protein Ration Ingredients with Forage Crops
The grain market rally is great for crop farmers but not so great for livestock producers who have to buy…
Answer These 3 Questions When Investing in Your Farm
With dramatically improved grain prices, many producers are capturing improved revenues the likes they haven't seen in several years.
Symptoms of Corn Prices’ Burden on Cattle Producers
What’s benefitting corn and soybean farmers right now is starting to cause increasing pains in the beef cattle marketplace. Steers…
Exports Continue Bullish Grain Influence
As farmers continue work to get the 2021 crops planted, CME Group grain futures prices are skyrocketing, so much so that the board raised daily trading limits for corn after prices hit limit-up in Monday's session.
USDA: Corn Planting Pace, Winter Wheat Conditions Slip
Cool weather in the last week wasn’t kind to farmers looking to get the 2021 corn crop planted. Last week…
Cash Soybean Prices Highest They’ve Been in 8 Years
In a national cash market index, soybean prices are surging to levels the U.S. hasn't seen since 2013, with the national average cash price just 21 cents below the May futures contract price.
California Tree Nut Crops Thriving Despite Drought; Processing Needs Rising
Though parts of California have faced the worst drought in history, that state's tree nut crop output was strong in 2020 and there are plans to expand almond, walnut and pistachio acres as exports continue to surge despite tariffs and adverse monetary conditions that would otherwise slow them down.
Forecaster: Temperatures Warming in Farm Country This Week
After a week that continued the trend of a cooler spring and delivered unseasonably cold temperatures to much of the…