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Record Beef Prices Squeeze Herd Expansion
California Ag Today
High prices may boost profits today, but they are also making it harder for the next generation of ranchers to enter and grow in the cattle industry.
Soil Health Isn't a Buzzword and Tariffs and Price Concerns
The Agribusiness Update
Soil health isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the foundation of productive farms, resilient crops and long-term sustainability, and back-and-forth tariffs have prompted additional concerns about prices.
Rollins Surveys North Carolina Damage and Tariffs and Price Concerns
The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins surveyed damage from natural disasters and met with Forest Service members in North Carolina, and back-and-forth tariffs have prompted additional concerns about prices.
Cattle Industry KPIs
California Ag Today
Randy Black, CattleFax CEO, says we're seeing the number of heifers being placed on feed slow down. That means the U.S beef cattle herd is neither liquidating nor expanding.
Cattle Herd Rebuilding: Are We There Yet?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Randy Blach, CattleFax CEO, predicts January 1, 2025 will be the low in the nation’s beef cow herd.
Dairy Heifer Sticker Shock and Sugar Exports Forecast Higher
The Agribusiness Update
Dairy farmers looking to buy young heifers to replace their older milking cows should get used to the sticker shock, and U.S. sugar exports for fiscal year 2024 are forecast to be the largest they’ve been in six years.
Current Cattle Inventory
Land & Livestock Report
Calves born during the first half of 2023 are estimated at 24.8 million head, down 2%
UGA Row Crop Field Days and AGH Has a New Name
The Agribusiness Update
The University of Georgia College of Agriculture will host more row crop field days in the coming weeks, and the Asian Giant Hornet has a new name.
California Winegrape Assessment and AGH Has New Name
The Agribusiness Update
California winegrape growers will pay a higher assessment this year to combat Pierce's Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, and Asian Giant Hornet gets a new name.
NILE Merit Heifer Application Now Available for 2021
Land & Livestock Report
NILE Merit Heifer Application Now Available for 2021
Potato Exports Higher and Cattle Inventory Unchanged
The Agribusiness Update
Potato exports for frozen, dehydrated and fresh are up slightly, and Cattle inventory year-over-year is unchanged.
Mexican Demographic Change and Dairy Cow Numbers
The Agribusiness Update
Mexican family size could make finding farm labor more difficult in decades to come, and Dairy cow numbers at highest level since 1996.
Possible Beef Expansion & No Fruit Damage
Northwest Report
There may be a glimmer of hope in beef's near future...the northwest wildfires don't seem to have caused much problems for orchardists...and Lacy takes a look at vandalism.
Less Heifers on Feed
Land & Livestock Report
January USDA's Cattle on Feed Report was released a week ago. There was a lot of information to sort through but one reduction in feedlot numbers may be an indicator that beef producers are considering future herd expansion.
2011 Bison Production Down
Line on Agriculture
2011 was a year of change and quiet growth in the bison industry.
Bison Challenges & Potato Acres Up
Northwest Report
Bison producers are struggling to meet the demand...Idaho is among the nations potato states that have more planted acres and Lacy discusses an endangered species.