This strong El Nino is offering some hope that winter will finally bring rain to severely drought-stricken central and northern California. However, that then raises other concerns.
I've traveled across much of central and northern California over the past several days, and the landscape is almost lunar in appearance because of the four years of severe drought. After a similar trip a year ago, it didn't seem that this could get or look any worse, but it has. That isn't news, but you can't appreciate what many farmers and livestock producers are going through until actually seeing it. This strong El Nino is offering some hope that winter will finally bring rain. The concern is that after this long period of drought, heavy rainfall could c...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
