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Feedlot Placements Surge; Feeder Cattle Supplies Tightening Toward Year’s End — Economist
The most recent data from USDA show an increase in feeder cattle placements and overall higher feedlot inventories. Coming in…
Corn, Soybean Harvest Pace Picking Up as Winter Wheat Planting Stays On Schedule
Fifteen percent of the U.S. corn crop is harvested, and soybean harvest is 20% completed, according to Monday’s USDA-NASS Crop…
FDA Proposes New Traceability Regs for Fresh Produce
Tomato, leafy greens and other farmers have until January 21, 2021, to offer input into a proposed set of regulations…
Optimism Abounds Amid ‘OK’ Outlook as Combines Roll in Illinois
During a harvest crop tour around Interstate 80 in the heart of the Corn Belt in Illinois, farmers expressed a…
Frost Chances Rise As Rainfall Slows Fieldwork, Harvest Progress
Much cooler air is common to start the week in much of the central third of the U.S. while the…
Hog Prices Being Pulled in Two Directions
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hog producers have been paring down the U.S. herd in an effort to sustain market prices,…
Milk Pricing System Targeted as Dairy PPDs Surge — Economist
The summer of 2020 saw three months of negative producer price differentials taken from dairy farmers’ milk checks, and while…
Farmland Cash Rents Stabilize on Expected Farm Income Rise
Farmland values and cash rents are normally key indicators of the health of the crop sector in general, and recent…
Proposed Rule Would Bump Recordkeeping Needs for Dairy, Other Ag Products
As a way to provide more comprehensive traceability in the food supply chain, officials at the U.S. Food and Drug…
Congress Getting Into the Cattle Business
A farm state lawmaker introduced the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020 on Wednesday, calling for restored transparency and accountability…