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Consumer signals move quickly in beef market
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (334+ words) Several of the 700-head of cattle on the Riechers farm are housed in a feedlot at a farm purchased by Joe Riechers. All classes and weights of cattle hit a road block last week as the negativity in the futures…...
All Good Things joins food bank’s Carrot Club at top donor level
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (234+ words) SHARON " Mercer County Food Bank announced that All Good Things in Grove City has joined the food bank's Carrot Club at the Harvest level, which will provide 40,000 meals to those in need throughout Mercer County. Carrot Club is the food…...
Precision agriculture has many uses for livestock
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (407+ words) Researchers use GPS collars to find out when cattle focused on grazing cheatgrass patches. Precision agriculture is often associated with crop production while livestock production may seem to have remained a traditional industry with management practices more or less the…...
U.S. cattle inventory declines again
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) Snowflakes fall as a cattle herd awaits a bale of hay. Livestock marketing specialists and ag economists expect another strong year for cattle markets in 2026, and hog producers should continue to recover from challenging financial years in 2023 and early 2024. The…...
High-oleic rewards farmers, Part 2
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) High-oleic soybeans offer opportunities for increased profitability not only for soybean farmers but also dairy farmers. Editor's note: The first part of this article was published in the Jan. 15 issue of Agri-View. High-oleic soybeans have the potential to improve human…...
Family works together to make small beef farm thrive
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (349+ words) The Dorsey family of Moro, Ill., has a purebred Simmental operation, and their daughters show cattle. Claire's heifer Dot received Reserve Champion Percentage Simmental Heifer at a 2024 competition in Tulsa, Okla. Beth and Brad Dorsey of Homeland Farms in Moro, Illinois,…...
Iowa pork producer 'pretty content’ after good year
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (517+ words) REMSEN, Iowa " Jeremy Ahlers grew up around hog production and said he can't imagine doing anything else. "I have always been involved in the hog business," he said. "I always enjoyed helping my dad and my uncles raise pigs when…...
Tighter 2026 profits could limit pork herd expansion
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (378+ words) LeeAnne Bulman/For AgriView The Ellis pigs are doing well. Kaleb Ellis is hoping to increase his production this winter with more animals. Pig farmers could see tighter profit margins in 2026, which might limit breeding herd expansion. Lee Schulz, chief…...
Tight cattle supply should keep prices up in 2026
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1092+ words) Snowflakes fall as a cattle herd awaits a bale of hay. Livestock marketing specialists and ag economists expect another strong year for cattle markets in 2026, and hog producers should continue to recover from challenging financial years in 2023 and early 2024. Historically…...
Cattle prices remain high in historical context
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (370+ words) Beef cattle reside at Cane Creek Cattle Co. Even with some price declines since mid-October, 2025 has been a strong year for cattle markets, Kansas State University Ag Economist Glynn Tonsor said in his "In the Cattle Markets" column for the…...