All cattle and calves down 1% from 2023

The USDA’s long-awaited return of the mid-year Cattle Inventory report indicates widespread herd expansion still isn’t happening. As of July 1, all cattle and calves in the U.S. are 1 percent below the same period in 2023, but have increased since the start of 2025. The number of heifers weighing 500 pounds and heavier is 2 percent below…Continue Reading

Fall-applied sulfur benefitting soybeans and bottom lines

A Purdue University Extension soybean agronomist says fall-applied sulfur is proving beneficial for soybeans. Shaun Casteel says tank mixing sulfur solutions into fall fertilizer applications saves farmers a trip across the field. “We’re averaging 8 to 10 bushels with our early planted, or timely planting, on soybeans with sulfur in-season.”  He says, “The fall application…Continue Reading

More dairy consolidation coming?

A feed commodity dealer says a good forage season will help keep dairy farmers well positioned this year. Clint Cherney with Harvey Commodities tells Brownfield, “They have the highest amount of forage they’ve had in probably the last 10 years on farm, excellent hay crops, excellent corn silage, and a lot of high moisture corn on…Continue Reading

EU threatens trade retaliation

Member states of the European Union say a retaliation plan is in place if trade negotiations fall apart with the U.S. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says the EU took a similar stance during President Trump’s first term. “Because what we saw the EU do back then was they picked their targets for…Continue Reading

Buyers return as cash dairy prices close week mixed

Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday and buyers are back after what seems like a one week vacation at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was up $0.0150 at $0.54.  Six sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5225 to $0.54.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0050 at $1.64. Eight sales were recorded Friday, totalling only nine sales…Continue Reading

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