Exceptional Drought (D4) was added to MN for the first time in U.S. Drought Monitor history.
Thu August 12, 2021
For 2022, the red meat and poultry production forecast is reduced as lower expected beef production more than offsets slightly higher pork production.
Thu August 12, 2021
Producer price index climbs 1% in July
Thu August 12, 2021
Consumer demand for beef at home and around the globe remained strong in 2021, a trend that will continue in 2022, especially as tight global protein supplies are expected to fuel U.S. export growth.
Wed August 11, 2021
The Land Values 2021 Summary report, released last Friday by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, shows agricultural land values increasing at a rate not seen in nearly a decade.
Wed August 11, 2021
LRP insurance is an important tool in the toolbox for livestock producers to use in managing national market price risk.
Tue August 10, 2021
Worries about export demand for U.S. pork, especially from China, hung over the market.
Tue August 10, 2021
Flexible stocking is a drought-prep strategy used for hundreds of years that seems to have gone out of favor over the last few decades.
Tue August 10, 2021
The STEP Act’s proposed changes to a stepped-up basis mirror proposals discussed by the Biden administration.
Tue August 10, 2021
A fuel break deliberately created by grazing cattle into invasive cheatgrass has successfully contained three rangeland wildfires in four years in the Great Basin.
Tue August 10, 2021
Tyson's beef sales jumped 24% during 3Q
Mon August 09, 2021
Total beef exports for the January – June period in 2021 are up 21.5 percent over the first six months of 2020.
Mon August 09, 2021
“As we achieve economies of scale, we’ll continue to lower our prices, and we’ve already done so three times in the past year and half. Meanwhile, the unit economics of the meat industry have already reached their peak.”
Mon August 09, 2021
Cattle that have closest relationship to humans have smallest brains.
Sun August 08, 2021
Product labeling recently has come under heightened scrutiny.
Sat August 07, 2021
Businesses boost wages to attract more workers in an effort to fill record job openings
Fri August 06, 2021
USDA will issue two new Market News reports based on Livestock Mandatory Reporting data that will provide additional insight into formula cattle trades and help promote fair and competitive markets.
Thu August 05, 2021
Drought in the Western U.S. is still dire, with 58.7% of the region in Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought.
Thu August 05, 2021
Consumers left home in droves during the quarter, with spending on foodservice and accommodations alone adding 2.2% in GDP growth.
Thu August 05, 2021
On the heels of a sharp two-month decline, the Agricultural Economy Barometer stabilized at a reading of 134 in July, just 3 points below a month earlier.
Wed August 04, 2021
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