Friday 18th July 2025

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Markets hard to predict

Market certainty seems elusive to many crop and livestock producers right now. Jeff Jorgenson owns a cow/calf operation and grows corn and soybeans in...
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Light cash cattle trade Tuesday

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on the drop in the Dow Jones Industrial and the lower midday boxed beef,...
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Key word at harvest: “variability”

Many farmers are encountering outcomes of wide-ranging growing conditions as harvest progresses. Iowa State University Extension ag engineer Tony Mensing says the key word...