USDA'S Prospective Plantings Report issued Thursday shows total acres planted to principal crops in the U.S. will total 318 million acres. That's a decline of more than 1 million acres from last year. For the first time since 1983, soybean…
Cash fed cattle prices were completed early this week, with prices in the North at $120 to $123 per cwt. live and $121 in the South. Dressed prices were quotes at $191 to $194. That's $5 per cwt. lower than…
Sorghum demand and basis are strong, and many farmers are considering planting more of the crop in 2018. The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) expects a total of 6.7 million acres, an increase of 1 million acres—a 17% hike—from 2017…
Frozen stocks of meat and poultry products show some diverging trends, especially when considered in the context of increasing U.S. production levels. In January and February, according to the latest Livestock Slaughter report from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),…
For Johnson County, Ind. farmer Joe Kelsay, it's not just another day on the farm. He's continuing to pump milk while a cloud of uncertainty hangs over his farm. "Right now it's a bit difficult to be a dairy farmer,"…
For the first time since 2006 the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cattle on Feed report showed a year-over-year increase of 9%. The total inventory for 1,000 or more head feedlots was 11.72 million head on March 1, 2018. Last year…
As of Feb. 1, 2018, the USDA's Cattle on Feed report showed there are 11.6 million head cattle and calves on feed, 8 percent higher than Feb. 2017 levels. The cattle herd has been growing with help from cheap feed,…
On Tuesday, McDonald's made the announcement it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent, or 150 million metric tons by 2030. While restaurants will become more efficient with lighting, energy equipment, and restaurant cycling, agricultural practices, such as beef…
Trade relations between China and the U.S. are now on rocky waters as the Trump administration has turned up the heat on tariffs. The first came in March when the president announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and…
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hasn't been in office one full year yet, and he's traveled to more than half of the U.S. Since he assumed the highest office in agriculture on April 25, 2017, there's been a lot of…