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Making a case for changes to USDA’s Cattle on Feed surveys that could improve accuracy and help reduce industry price volatility.

Legacy. It’s a six-letter word, but it carries the weight of generations for agricultural families. The weight this word carries makes it valuable for families to understand what their legacy is and how to uncover it.

From the sands of Iraq to the pastures of Michigan, a war veteran’s heart for service is now regenerating the soil.

The May Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor found even with improved commodity prices over the past month, ag economists’ views on the net farm income picture slightly eroded, falling to $110.4 billion in May.

Fundamentals remain bullish, but margin operators will feel the squeeze.

A bull can look and act like he’s primed to produce offspring, but the question is can he deliver?

This is the third human case associated with the virus. Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan to produce 4.8 million doses of a vaccine for human use to counter H5N1.

Cattle feeding margins exceeded $400 per head as cash prices improved $2 per cwt. and production costs declined modestly. Pork margins saw a slight decline but remain solidly above $40 per head.

JBS said on Wednesday that Beijing blocked U.S. beef shipments from the company’s plant in Greeley, Colorado, because traces of the feed additive ractopamine were identified in beef destined for China.