View USDA’s June 30 planted acreage report with healthy skepticism
USDA: Planted acreage is same as last year (but a lot has changed since that early June survey).
Good news for the cattle industry
URBANA, Ill. -- Better days are likely ahead for the cattle industry, according to a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist.
"As numbers keep dropping,...
Grain markets fight off current news
Despite recent news, grain markets are higher and are hanging near the highs made in the last few sessions and rebounding from losses Jan. 11.
Mississippi River watershed could be model for world
A regional/national initiative to address the sustainability of the Mississippi River basin, which is critical to the country and the world, can serve as an international model for the sustainability of other rivers.
Western Pa. youth tops lamb show
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hayden Demniak, 11, of Carmichaels, Greene County, claimed the top spot in the market lamb show at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
VeraSun could sell assets to Valero
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- VeraSun Energy Corporation is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for permission to sell substantially all...
The Andersons buys ethanol plant in Iowa
The Andersons Inc., of Maumee, Ohio, has completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa,
North Carolina 10% Campaign reports local food spending at $10 million
RALEIGH, N.C. -- In roughly 18 months, participants in the 10% Campaign have recorded more than $10 million in purchases of locally-produced foods.
Waiting for the drought that never quite reached us
Anticipation is everything in this game, so prices made another move on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Watching the grain market one more time as the fat lady sings
Marlin Clark pens his last grain market report column for Farm and Dairy, recalling how it all began 37 years ago.
