Cash dairy prices mixed Tuesday with cheese higher, butter lower

Cash dairy prices were mixed again Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as cheese keeps rising and butter keeps falling.    Dry whey was unchanged at $0.5850.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 at $1.88.  Five sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8625 to $1.88.  Cheese barrels were up $0.06 at $1.86.  No…… Continue Reading

United effort in the fight against New Word screwworm

A Texas cattle producer says it’s crucial for livestock and wildlife groups to work together to protect the state’s agriculture industry from New World screwworm. Stephen Diebel is co-owner and manager of Diebel Cattle Company and first vice president of the Texas & Southwest Cattle Raisers Association. “Because of the great impact that it may…… Continue Reading

Red meat, poultry production mostly down on month

The USDA’s protein production projections were mostly below a month ago. 2025 U.S. beef production is now estimated at 25.926 billion pounds, 262 million less than in July on lower slaughter numbers and lighter dressed weights, with an average steer price of $227.06 per hundredweight, a gain of $5.75, with cuts to imports, exports, and…… Continue Reading

USDA sees record corn crop in 2025

The USDA is projecting the largest U.S. corn crop on record. Based on data as of August 1st, this year’s corn production is estimated at 16.742 billion bushels, 13% larger than 2024, on an all-time high for average yield at 188.8 bushels per acre thanks to favorable weather and higher planted area of 97.254 million…… Continue Reading

Fertilizer efficiency improves bottom line

Increasingly high fertilizer prices have farmers seeking ways to maximize the value of their input purchases.                       Kip Jacobs, regional agronomist for the eastern U.S. with Mosaic, says some biological additives can make that costly fertilizer more available for plant uptake. “Especially now when margins are getting tighter and tighter.”  He says, “If we can do…… Continue Reading

Ernst says Prop 12 fix needed in skinny farm bill

A U.S. Senator from Iowa says many fairgoers at the 2025 Iowa State Fair have been expressing concerns about California’s Proposition 12 law. Republican Joni Ernst tells Brownfield California’s livestock confinement law has caused financial stress for U.S. producers. “There’s increased prices when they have to re-do their farm infrastructure,” she said. “Many of them…… Continue Reading

Tax wins included in the OBBBA could benefit farmer-owned businesses

The president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives says tax provisions included in recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act could benefit farmer-owned businesses.  Duane Simpson says Section 199A allows NCFC member cooperatives to compete with larger ag corporations. “Just within our membership, it’s about $2 billion worth of taxes that were going…… Continue Reading

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