Agriculture
Lawmakers start working on budget
Congress is working out the details of a new budget after an agreement was reached on a $1.6 trillion funding limit over the weekend and [Read More]
Year: 2024
Agriculture
Hogs mostly higher to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, and feeders were mixed waiting for the week’s direct business to develop. February live cattle closed [Read More]
Agriculture
U.S. pork exports to Mexico remain strong despite import duty suspension
Mexico has extended its suspension of import duties on certain foods, including pork, beef, and poultry, from all eligible suppliers. Erin Borror with the U.S. [Read More]
Agriculture
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 8, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.55, down 5 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $12.45 and 1/2, down 10 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at [Read More]
Agriculture
Soybeans, corn see more pressure from Brazil rain
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Recent rain should help Brazil’s soybean crop, but some damage was done by dry weather earlier in [Read More]
Obituaries
Mary Katherine Jacobson
HUGO, Minnesota – Mary Katherine Jacobson, 70, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at the St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, WI, surrounded by several of [Read More]
Top Stories
Snow Emergency declared in Muscatine; parking restrictions in place
MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine has declared a Snow Emergency starting at 6 p.m. tonight, January 8, through 6 p.m. Wednesday, January 10. [Read More]
Agriculture
Weaned calf insurance program pilots in 4 states
The USDA has launched a pilot program that will allow cow-calf producers to insure weaned calves. Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger details the Weaned [Read More]
Agriculture
South Dakota producer says snow is needed
A South Dakota cow-calf producer says she hopes the winter storm moving across the region rebuilds water supplies. Marcia Bunger tells Brownfield, “We do need [Read More]
Agriculture
A lawyer’s perspective: the Tyson Foods lawsuit
An attorney says the loss of a Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in southeast Missouri has been costly to local farmers and the company should [Read More]