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MN Leaders Visit Le Sueur Dairy Farm
Published July 8, 2023
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen visited a dairy farm in Le Sueur to hear directly from dairy farmers. “Right now, dairy farmers are really struggling," said Petersen. "We have a lot of milk on the market…Little Economic Incentive to Expand Brazilian Production
Published July 7, 2023
The recent dynamics in the U.S. soybean market has not had much of an impact on Brazilian planting intentions. "There will be more soybean acres in 2024, but it won't be a 2 million acre increase like last year," said…Yield Adjustments Anticipated
Published July 6, 2023
USDA will release its next crop production report Wednesday. In the last report, the Agriculture Department forecast corn yields at 181.5 bushels per acre and soybeans at 52 bushels per acre. Advance Trading Risk Management Advisor Tommy Grisafi said lower…A Game Changer
Published July 3, 2023
If there was a surprise going into the June quarterly stocks and planted acreage report, traders were expecting it to be in the stocks number. StoneX market analyst Arlan Suderman says the big shock was with the corn acres. "We…What’s Hot, What’s Not in the Markets
Published July 3, 2023
In this week's edition of What's Hot, What's Not in the Markets, Martinson Ag Risk Management President Randy Martinson says USDA came in and blindsided the soybean market last week in its acreage report. "Soybeans are the hot market along…Mitigating High Feed Prices
Published July 3, 2023
Commodity and Ingredient Hedging account executive Josh Pankratz is advising livestock and poultry farmers to protect themselves from huge market swings. “We have this push and pull between a weather forecast that could tighten up the crop while USDA is…More Prop 12 Questions
Published July 2, 2023
The implementation date for California's Proposition 12 has been pushed back, but questions still remain. U.S. Meat Export Federation Vice President of Economic Analysis Erin Borror says there are still questions about product moving through California for export. Not all…Surprising Soybean Acreage
Published June 30, 2023
USDA estimated the soybean plantings at 83.5 million acres. That’s far below the average trade guess of 87.6 million. Corn acreage is at 94.1 million, above the pre-report trade estimate of 91.8 million. This year’s corn crop represents the third…Little Change in Swine Inventory
Published June 30, 2023
The U.S. hogs and pigs inventory totaled 72.4 million head as of June 1. That’s up just 80,000 head from last year. The breeding herd category topped 6 million head, which was down slightly from last year. The market hog…