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Dairy Marketing Signals

Jun 8, 2022

Staff Working To Overcome Obstacles By Brad Rach Another year, another gloomy dairy report from the USDA. The number of licensed dairy farms in the United States is now officially below 30,000. Think about that. I, like many of you, can remember back to a time in...

Cattle Marketing Signals

Jun 8, 2022

Markets Holding Despite Ukraine Black Swan Event By Jeff Rose Many cattle marketing analysts have been wondering what the next Black Swan event could be. On February 24, as the first missiles launched over Ukraine, we had our answer. I believe COVID-19 has had a long...

Grain Marketing Signals

Jun 8, 2022

The Least Favorite Aspect of Business, Marketing Deserves Better Focus By Theresa Seiler Most U.S. farmers are busy getting equipment and fields ready for planting, if they haven’t started already. They have been planning since last harvest what crops to grow, which...

National Farmers Organization Favors COOL Re-instatement

May 9, 2022

National Farmers Organization Favors COOL Re-instatement May 9, 2022 AMES, Iowa— National Farmers Organization’s ongoing support of mandatory Country of Origin Labeling continues with recent U.S. House legislation. Congressmen Lance Gooden (R-Tex.) and Ro Khanna...

Halls, Holstein Heroes

Apr 22, 2022

Halls, Holstein Heroes Profit margin drives the decision for Chris Halls and his parents, Mark and Michelle, to finish Holsteins on their Brooten, Minnesota operation, in the rolling hills of the west central part of the state. “We’ve always been able to make more...

Member Policy Planks Guide

Apr 22, 2022

Member Policy Planks Guide Re-establish non-recourse loans as a price support instead of marketing loans, and that loan rates be set at $5.00 per bushel on corn, $7.50 per bushel on wheat, and $12.00 per bushel on soybeans. Re-enact a farmer-owned grain reserve...