Cattle on Feed Report: Placements Slowed



2 graphs – . COF Report Placements Slowed By Kelly Bruns This months report was the first report since July that placements fell below 2010 levels.  What was interesting was that the range of estimates was narrow and as you can see the actual results were very close to the estimates.  Thus the market did not react to much to […]

Cropland values reach record highs



Cropland values reach record highs    Tenth District farmland values surged to a record high in the third quarter, with stronger gains in the northern Plains, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s quarterly Survey of Agricultural  District cropland values rose more than 25 percent over the past year, and ranchland values increased 14 percent. A quarter of […]

Free-Trade agreement ratified between U.S. and South Korea



Free-Trade agreement ratified between U.S. and South Korea From News Reports American’s biggest free-trade agreement since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico was ratified Nov. 22. The trade deal was reached between the United States and South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, totaled about $90 billion last year, according to the South Korean government, reports the […]

Mississippi elects first woman ag commissioner



Mississippi elects first woman ag commissioner Mississippi voters made history this month with the election of the state’s first-ever female agriculture commissioner — Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven. She ran as a Republican and captured 57 percent of the vote. Hyde-Smith has been a state senator for 12 years and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee for eight years. She and […]

National Feeder & Stocker Cattle, Week Ending Nov. 25



National Feeder & Stocker Cattle  Week Ending Nov. 25 Compared to last week, a very light test of feeder classes sold steady to 3.00 higher with most markets operating on reduced receipts or closed down entirely for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Demand remains good, especially for limited offerings of true yearlings and featherweight calves weighing under 500 lbs.  Cattlemen have much […]

National Grain Review, Week Ending Nov. 25



National Grain Review  Week Ending Nov. 25 Compared to last week, grain and soybean bids closed lower.  Trading was limited on the floor this week as the markets were closed on Thanksgiving and noon on Friday.  Sharp losses in the stock market, crude oil and precious metals and a higher dollar index had traders once again concerned about the ongoing […]

National Slaughter Cattle, Week Ending Nov. 25



National  Slaughter Cattle   Week Ending Nov. 25 Compared to last week:  Slaughter cattle traded 0.50-3.00 higher in the Southern Plains; Midwest markets 2.00-4.00 higher with few dressed sales up to 6.00 higher.  Record high beef prices and tightening  cattle supplies allow feedlots to leverage for higher prices.   Boxed beef prices Friday morning averaged 186.62 down 0.22 from last Friday. […]

Ten new 4-H Program Advisors hired for South Dakota



Ten new 4-H Program Advisors hired After months of anticipating the new hires for the reconstructed South Dakota Extension program, SDSU Extension has announced the appointment of 10 new 4-H Youth Program Advisors who will serve youth in 17 South Dakota counties.   “SDSU Extension will ultimately hire 32 4-H Youth Program Advisors, who will be located across the state. […]

Vilsack emphasizes 2012 Farm Bill priorities



Vilsack emphasizes 2012 Farm Bill priorities Compiled by Kindra Gordon Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the John Deere plant in Des Moines Works in late October, and while there outlined USDA priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill. His remarks included the following highlights: “This legislation and the bills that Congress will pass is really about keeping pace with the changing […]

Who to watch at this year’s Wrangler National Finals



Clay Tryan, Billings, MT Wade Sundell, Boxholm, IA Steven Dent,  Mullen, NE Dean Gorusch, Gering, NE Jason Miller, Lance Creek, WY Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, SD Brady Tryan, Huntley, MT Jake Long, Coffeyville, KS Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, SD Casery Colletti, Pueblo, CO Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D. Jhett Johnson, Casper, WY Jill Moody, Letcher, SD Royce Ford, Briggsdale, CO Seth Brockman, […]