Sep. corn closed at $4.01 and 1/4, up 1 and 1/4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $9.95, down 6 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $265.30, down $2.40Aug. soybean oil closed at 54.56, up 39 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.38, down 3 and 1/2 centsAug. live cattle closed at $222.40, up $3.05Aug....
Commentary. I have been writing about it in this column for more than twenty years, yet it never ceases to amaze me how otherwise rational adults can turn into combative middle schoolers the moment certain hot-button topics hit the table. Topics like antibiotic use in livestock, glyphosate, GMOs, climate change...
Cash cattle country is very slow Tuesday. Bids and asking prices have not been established for the week. Significant trade volume could be delayed until the second half of the week. Boxed beef was higher at midday with Choice up $1.46 at $378.53 and Select up $2.03 at $366.61. The...
U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has again closed southern border ports to livestock imports from Mexico following a new detection of New World screwworm. Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the USDA has been monitoring conditions on the ground, and the decision was made to protect...
A livestock economist says the cattle market is positioned to move higher. Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension says, “Tight supplies is really what’s driving what we’re seeing right now.” The average live steer price for the five-market area is already running $32 per hundredweight above last year’s levels....