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As we turn the calendar to fall, will summer-like weather stick around the Midwest? Mike Hoffman of AgDay shares the forecast for September 21 and beyond.

Consumers looking at the price of beef in grocery store meat markets may be wishing more cattle were in the food production system to lower the hit on their wallets, but that is not likely to happen anytime soon.

​The nation's beef cow herd has started down the path of the largest expansion in 25 years.

Everyone involved in the cow/calf sector, commercial or seedstock, exited last fall's sale season reeling from what appeared to be an inevitable storm. Skepticism quickly replaced the optimistic zeal that carried

"Collectively, we all seemed to enter spring bull sale season with a fist full of hope and a duffle bag filled with cynicism."

The excitement around weather started this winter, when Weather Trends 360's Bill Kirk made a bold prediction at Top Producer Seminar, comparing 2016 to 2012.

The last beef-packing plant in South St. Paul, Minn., says it's temporarily shutting down to an "extremely short supply of cattle."

Large red meat and poultry supplies suggests pressure on prices, which would likely influence herd numbers going forward.