Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly modestly higher on spread trade and the firm to higher midday boxed beef. The trade was also watching weather’s impact on cash business. February was down $.32 at $126.15 and April was up $.25 at $128.05. Feeder cattle futures were mostly firm on the same factors as …
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Jan 30
NCGA yield winner also breaks soybean record
This year’s National Corn Growers Association yield winner put up more than 470 bushels per acre and broke record soybean yields despite extreme wet and dry conditions in Michigan. Don Stall entered his first yield contest in 2003 with 218-bushel corn, this year he harvested 477 bushels to the acre. “It’s everything from the equipment …
Jan 30
Merck launches Cattle Care 365
Merck Animal Health announced a new initiative to support cattle producers in providing the best quality care for their animals. Angela Baysinger, animal health lead says CattleCare365 is a perfect complement to the Beef Quality Assurance program. Baysinger tells Brownfield the new initiative isn’t meant to replace BQA certification, but add to their training to …
Jan 30
Wisconsin’s specialty crop acres, values down
Jed Colquhoun, a professor of horticulture at UW–Madison, speaks during the 2019 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum. Photo by Michael P. King/UW–Madison College of Agriculture & Life Sciences A University of Wisconsin economist says the state’s specialty crop growers are feeling the financial pinch of lower prices. Jed Colquhoun from the University of Wisconsin says, “We’ve …
Jan 30
Interest in traceability programs on the rise
The president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says interest in a national disease traceability program is on the rise. It’s an issue that has been divisive in the cattle industry. But, NCBA president Kevin Kester says attitudes are changing. “Maybe a few years ago if I would have wanted to come and talk about …
Jan 30
US swine vet calls ASF a long term concern
The Chief Veterinarian for the National Pork Producers Council says although African Swine Fever has not reached the US, she expects it to be a concern for a long time. “China has not been able to eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease or Classical Swine Fever for years and years and those are diseases that have …
Jan 30
Carver County Dairy Expo
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground in Norwood Young America, MN Monday, Feb. 18,2019 for the Carver County Dairy Expo. Continue reading Carver County Dairy Expo at Brownfield Ag News.
Jan 30
Trade agreement with Japan key for cattlemen
The incoming president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says trade remains one of the top priorities for US beef producers, but it doesn’t come without concerns. Tennessee cattlewoman Jennifer Houston says US beef producers are concerned with the lack of progress in trade negotiations with Japan. “After we were withdrawn from TPP and the …
Jan 30
Rapid rebound in temps ahead for the Heartland
The severe but short-lived Arctic outbreak across the Midwest and Northeast will ease by week’s end, as mild Pacific air overspreads the country from west to east. By Saturday, significantly above-normal temperatures will extend as far east as the Mississippi Valley, with lingering cold confined to the Northeast. Thursday morning’s temperatures will again plunge to …