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Long weekend takes us to the races
Long weekends make traders nervous. Anything can happen. Three days is too long to hold a position for some, so they buy back or sell back Friday, depending upon their position. Then, Tuesday, they get back in. Consequently, it is common to sell off a bullish market Friday, then buy it again Monday. The sell-off
Pa. sheep, lamb inventory up from last year
HARRISBURG, Pa. — All sheep and lamb inventory in Pennsylvania as of Jan. 1 totaled 98,000, up 4 percent from the previous year, according to the Pennsylvania field office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Total inventory included 62,000 breeding ewes one year old and older, down 2 percent from January 1, 2010. Rams one
Watch out for the three Bs in the 2010 Farm Bill
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When the new Republican House majority takes up the 2012 farm bill, Purdue agricultural economist Roman Keeney says farmers should expect lawmakers to reduce spending by focusing on three major areas: Brazil, budget and baseline. Brazil In 2009, the World Trade Organization allowed Brazil to impose sanctions against the United States
Expect flat livestock, dairy production
WASHINGTON — According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the outlook for total red meat and poultry production will be down slightly next year. Beef/cattle Deteriorating pasture and range conditions over much of the Plains and increasing livestock production costs are adversely affecting all cattle and beef sectors. Smaller inventories of U.S. cows, calf crops
Is it The Year for farm bill? Well ..
The ag world treats the cyclical years when the farm bill is written as The Years. As in “this could be The Year that meaningful reform streamlines ag programs” or “this could be The Year that environmental mandates include substantial financial assistance.
Fun for the serious heifer raiser
A quick-fix, cost-cutting increase in income. Have your attention? Well, it is not a single quick fix, but a more sustainable, long-term decrease in expenses and increase in income can be yours if your heifers do not currently freshen at 24 months or less, ready to walk into the barn, grow and compete.
Tips for reducing dairy farm expenses
Low milk prices are having a real impact on dairy farmers and most are looking for ways to reduce expenses, while maintaining milk production.
Ask FSA Andy about yearly reminders and notifications
Hello Again! Happy New Year! We are all eagerly awaiting to see what 2016 has in store for us in the upcoming months. Will we keep our resolutions? Who will be our new President? Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s take a moment and look back to the holiday season that just
Cattle prices ride the recovery upward
URBANA, Ill. — A host of economic indicators suggest that the recession has ended — with more positive than negative signs for the U.S. and the world economies — signaling a recovery for the cattle industry as well. “Unfortunately the beef industry rode the recession downward. So far this year, through the month of September,
Troubling lights and piece of mind – for dummies
When the “service engine” light came on in columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt’s vehicle recently, she was initially charmed with the thoughtfulness.
