An ag consultant says farmers with a plan have a better chance of withstanding challenging times in agriculture.    Kevin Ochsner, president of Agcellerate and host of NCBA’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen, says proposed tariffs have the potential to disrupt all sectors of the industry. “Ten to twenty percent of beef gets exported, and certainly 30-some…… Continue Reading

The incoming president of the Illinois Grain & Feed Association says many farmers have taken advantage of recent rallies in the grain market. Mark Heil, general manager of Prairie Central Cooperative, tells Brownfield, “We’ve bought a lot of the grain from our farmers already.”  He says, “We hit the harvest lows, and it rallied back…… Continue Reading