Farm News

USDA increases 2025 beef, broiler guesses

Tuesday, March 11

The USDA has raised its outlook for 2025 beef and broiler production. Beef production is now pegged at 26.685 billion pounds, up 120 million from February on heavier dressed weights, with an average steer price of $201 per hundredweight, down $1, and higher import... Read More.

Wisconsin’s technical schools help farmers keep up with technology

Tuesday, March 11

Farm managers and their employees are learning how to use new technologies. Layla Merrifield is the System President for the Wisconsin Technical College System. She tells Brownfield the sixteen state districts have been furiously updating technology programs to meet the needs of farmers and... Read More.

Wheat ending stocks up, corn and soybeans steady

Tuesday, March 11

The USDA increased its ending stocks projection for U.S. wheat. Domestic 2024/25 wheat ending stocks are now pegged at 819 million bushels, up 25 million from February with the USDA raising imports and cutting exports, while lowering the price outlook $.05 to $5.50 per... Read More.

HPAI confirmed in Jay County duck facility

Tuesday, March 11

A commercial duck breeding facility in Jay County, Indiana, is the latest poultry operation to test positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is the 23rd positive case of HPAI since the start of the year. According to the Indiana Board of Animal Health, more... Read More.

Soybean oil market struggling this week

Tuesday, March 11

An ag economist says it’s been a rough start to the week for the U.S. soybean oil market. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says, “China placed a 100% tariff on Canadian canola oil, canola meal, and canola. That caused their markets to really crash.... Read More.

Consumer concerns about tariffs

Tuesday, March 11

Anytime you turn on the news, the word “tariff” is likely to be used. But let’s consider how tariffs can impact consumers. University of Illinois assistant professor Maria Kalaitzandonakes says the recent Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey found most respondents found that consumers are... Read More.

SAF needs certainty for the market to fully develop

Tuesday, March 11

The head of Clean Fuels Alliance America says establishing market certainty is crucial to the future development of sustainable aviation fuels. Donnell Rehagen says the industry is still in its infancy. “This is really where that industry needs some strong signals of longevity and... Read More.

Farmers call for strong conservation programs

Tuesday, March 11

Farmers say they need a strong conservation program. Longtime Minnesota farmer Edwin Jostock says the weather is changing. “We’ve always had a cloudburst every now and then, but now we can get two or three cloud bursts a summer, and it just takes the... Read More.

Grassley concerned about ongoing biodiesel plant shutdowns

Tuesday, March 11

Photo of biodiesel pump by Brent Barnett/Brownfield A number of biodiesel plants remain idled across Iowa and a U.S. Senator says he’s concerned about the pause in production. “The Biden administration screwed the whole industry and forced these shutdowns,” Chuck Grassley said Tuesday morning.... Read More.

Moving Michigan Soybeans with Rail

Tuesday, March 11

As a peninsula state, Michigan commodities have many transportation options. In this Pods for Profit, we’ll meet a logistics manager who focuses on rail transit. Kyle Hnatiuk with the Adrian & Blissfield Railroad Company and Zeeland Farm Services discusses Michigan railroads and how they... Read More.

Promoting Local Meat Processors

Tuesday, March 11

The partnership between the Missouri Association of Meat Processors and the Missouri Beef Industry Council is an opportunity to promote beef products and the state’s beef industry. In this episode, Niki Cloud talks about the association and how it works in concert with the... Read More.

Despite economy, many farms financially solid going into planting season

Tuesday, March 11

Planting season is almost here, and an agricultural lender says most farm operations are financially in a position to acquire inputs and go forward despite the down farm economy, with better than expected balance sheets and even some farms considering expansion. We’ll hear from... Read More.