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Cattle Marketing Signals

Sep 14, 2021

Black Swan Events Emerge More Often, Create Havoc By Jeff Rose Let’s take a look at cattle market fundamentals first, and it’s all good news. Cattle on feed numbers are down, the cow herd is shrinking while domestic and foreign demand are strong. Nothing but blue...

Grain Marketing Signals

Sep 14, 2021

The Post Derecho Year Surprised Most Analysts, Get In Touch With Us Now By Matt Brandyberry The countdown is on. In last year’s August monthly crops reporting, corn yield was set above 180 bushels per acre. Then a rare storm, Derecho, passed through much of the...

Dairy Marketing Signals

Sep 14, 2021

Marketing Together Is Still the Answer By Brad Rach No one reading this needs to be reminded of how rough our marketing road has been during the past several years. Mega-dairies are flooding our markets with milk, a pandemic turned the entire industry on its head,...

Paul Olson President’s Message

Sep 14, 2021

President’s Message By Paul Olson The summer of 2021 has proven to be a year of volatility from weather, markets and in some cases finding market access. It makes a farmer flinch. In mid-July a tornado did extensive damage to our largest marketing center which is...

National Farmers Organization Favors President Biden’s Ag Executive Order

Sep 14, 2021

President Joe Biden on July 9 issued a comprehensive executive order addressing issues related to consolidation of businesses, including agribusinesses, and the tide of economic issues it sparks for the production level of the farm industry. National Farmers commends...

Vice President Shultz Focuses On Climate Issues

Sep 14, 2021

By Bruce Shultz On my Montana ranch we finished haying this year on July 4. That may not sound like news to most people, but producers in our area usually don’t even start preparing to get into the fields until after Independence Day. With extreme drought hammering...