Update 6-22-21
The hot, dry weather last week in most of the major growing areas of the country caused crop ratings to fall again. According to this week’s … [Read more...] about Update 6-22-21
The hot, dry weather last week in most of the major growing areas of the country caused crop ratings to fall again. According to this week’s … [Read more...] about Update 6-22-21
The USDA thinks world markets are going to be good for U.S. agricultural exports in 2021. Their latest projections show we’ll sell about … [Read more...] about Update 6-10-21
While we wait for the official May Class 3 milk price which will be released Thursday, we know the April all-milk price for Wisconsin dairy … [Read more...] about Update 6-1-21
Four Midwestern dairy groups today announced a Federal Milk Marketing Orders proposal aimed atcreating long-term stability in fluid milk … [Read more...] about Midwest dairy groups propose new ‘Class III Plus’ federal milk-pricing system
Most industries -- including dairy -- were caught off-guard when the coronavirus pandemic hit about a year ago. New numbers published in the … [Read more...] about Daily update
The Biden Administration has started distributing some of the $5.6 billion to cattle and crop farmers, as they’ve opened the third round of … [Read more...] about Daily update
It’s still early but farmers in some parts of the country are getting some seeds in the ground. According to this week’s Crop Progress … [Read more...] about Daily update
The rounded top of the shovel’s handle pressed into the palm of my right hand as the weight of my left hand and chin pressed down during my … [Read more...] about Winter Drained Away
We were sitting quietly in our old farmhouse late the other night, me reading a book and Dee grading some of her students’ papers, when a … [Read more...] about Quietly Riding An Early March Wind
The February Class 3 milk price came out yesterday at $15.75 per hundredweight — down 29 cents from January and $1.25 less than February, … [Read more...] about Monthly milk prices take another dip