At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, getting ready for the week’s direct business and Friday’s On Feed report. April live cattle closed $1.97 higher at $235.22 and June live cattle closed $1.82 higher at $233.70. April feeder cattle closed $4.95 higher at $354.80 and May feeder cattle closed $5.07 higher at […]

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Ag groups are pushing back on fertilizer trade policy. In a letter sent last week, 64 state and national organizations have asked Mosaic and J.R. Simplot to drop support for phosphate import duties the groups say are inflating prices. Also on Friday, a class action antitrust lawsuit was filed against several major fertilizer producers and […]

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An Illinois farmer says virtual fencing has completely changed how he manages his beef cattle herd. Greg Thoren, who raises around 250 head in Jo Daviess County in the northwestern part of the state, says the GPS-enabled technology uses app-controlled solar collars to define grazing boundaries, replacing physical fences.  “It would take me three to […]

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A farmer in southern Minnesota doesn’t think deviating from her normal crop rotation is worth the risk. Rochelle Krusemark grows corn and soybeans in Martin County and says a lot of options are on the table with margins so tight. “We don’t normally change our crop rotations just because the challenges of diseases and insect […]

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