In the past 2 weeks we’ve been hearing reports of the battle for the remainder of this year’s corn crop. On July 25 I wrote about the battle for the available supplies using local basis bids versus historic bids to … Continue reading
Yesterday I worked with 2 producers who were negotiating contracts to sell some/all of their swine manure from their grow-finish facilities. In one case a neighbor approached the producer about buying manure from a producer who had some fields receiving … Continue reading
I have an 8 year data series of Iowa/Southern Minnesota barrow and gilt live weight at slaughter as reported by USDA. Live weights in the past two weeks declined 5.7 pounds, the largest 2 week decline in my data set. … Continue reading
Another day in southern Minnesota with a heat index above 100F and dew points in the mid 70’s. The impact of this extended heat on livestock have been many and will shadow us into next year. This past week I … Continue reading