CME Group and National 4-H Council are partnering for a fourth consecutive year to bring Commodity Carnival to 150 state and county fairs during 2016. The exhibit teaches fair-goingers the fundamentals of risk management in agriculture, by way of bringing a hog to market. The game will also continue to be accessible beyond the fairgrounds this year via the mobile … Read More
Brownfield Rolls Out Weekly Livestock Market Update
Brownfield Ag News has added an in-depth weekly livestock market review to its suite of agricultural market products. On Friday afternoons, Anchor/Reporter Meghan Grebner holds an in-depth Google Hangout conversation with University of Missouri assistant extension professor Scott Brown. The program features livestock market analysis, discussion on relevant topics pertaining to cattle, hogs and poultry and how these constantly changing … Read More
Cuba Creates #ONEBigIdea for U.S.
Cuba’s newly opened relationship with the United States gives us access to an emerging market and provides new perspectives on it’s lands. The opportunities for new agriculture, technology and food concepts is something we can’t ignore. Alltech calls it a one-of-a-kind opportunity. I sat down with Dr. Jorge Arias, Global Aqua Director, Alltech, during ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference to … Read More
USMEF Reports on Currency Situation
As the strength of the U.S. dollar continues to weigh on agricultural exports, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) focused on the impact of the U.S. dollar strength during a panel discussion at last week’s USMEF Board of Directors Meeting in St. Louis. Michael Drury, chief economist for McVean Trading, provided a brief history on how the currencies of so … Read More
USMEF Board Meeting Stresses Value of Exports
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Board of Directors Meeting and Product Showcase kicked off last Wednesday in St. Louis, Missouri. Richard Fordyce, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, welcomed attendees to the event with a discussion of the important role exports have played in making agriculture Missouri’s largest industry. Fordyce also outlined several initiatives that have recently been … Read More
Senate Ag Committee Holds Livestock & Poultry Hearing
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, held a hearing on the U.S. livestock and poultry sectors, titled “A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace Opportunities and Challenges.” It has been five years since a hearing like this has taken place. Farmers and ranchers across the country took part … Read More
This Month's Dairy Market Report
This month’s Dairy Market Report from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) shows that increased production per cow and expectations for additional milk production growth has dampened the outlook for milk prices for the remainder of 2016. The report also finds that rising inventories have placed pressure on pot market prices for Cheddar cheese. The pressure will soon be reflected … Read More
Announcing the Launch of Kynetec
Following the completion of the management buyout of the Animal and Crop Health division of GfK, last week marked the formal launch of market research company Kynetec. Kinetic is the global leader in market research for animal health and agriculture, and is backed by Inflexion, who partners with high-growth businesses to accelerate their growth. The company is has a respected … Read More
AgriBank Report on Livestock & Dairy Sectors
Livestock and dairy margins continue to adjust downward from their record levels set in late 2014, as production increases and export demand declines due to the increasing value of the U.S. dollar, according to a new report issued by AgriBank, the St. Paul-based Farm Credit Bank. After declining $26.5 billion in 2015, the USDA projects that total U.S. livestock and … Read More
NMPF April Dairy Market Report
This month’s Dairy Market Report from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) shows that developments made during the first part of April brought slight improvements in the outlook for milk prices, but also highlighted several indications that milk production will be coming off its near flat growth pattern of the past several months, which may cast a shadow over the … Read More