by Riley Smith | Jan 26, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak is causing a short supply of eggs, leading to higher prices for consumers. According to American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Bernt Nelson, the key factor in that price change is the inventory of laying...
by Riley Smith | Jan 26, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
This week?s exports were average to slightly bullish. Corn numbers are still just a little disappointing, but soybeans and wheat are friendly. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.McBride said there have...
by Riley Smith | Jan 26, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Earlier this week, the World Food Prize Foundation announced that former U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will join the organization as its president. Established by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, the World Food Prize is considered the...
by Riley Smith | Jan 25, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Mark Muench, a corn and soybean farmer near Ogden, realized a little more than a decade ago that tillage hadn?t improved over 40 years when compared to the rest of the agriculture industry. When Muench found Salford tillage equipment in 2009 and used it on his own...
by Riley Smith | Jan 25, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Demand for U.S. pork will continue to pick up pace, as the industry has seen in the past couple monthly export reports. Dr. Steve Meyer, an economist with Partners for Production Agriculture, which was recently acquired by Ever.Ag, said the key is to keep countries...
