Broiler sets and placements continue to move above year ago levels. The USDA says 247.583 million broiler-type eggs were placed into incubation, down 1.065 million on the week, but up 3% on the year, with average hatchability holding at 79.5%. Placements of broiler-type chicks into meat production were 193.576 million head, 403,000 higher than the […]
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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeder cattle mostly lower ahead of widespread direct business and continued
It’s been ten years since the first major outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the U.S. And the executive director
An agronomist says there will be options for dairy and beef producers when Corteva phases out brown midrib or BMR corn
Soybeans were mixed. There is a lot of talk about tariff negotiations during the session, with no official changes were reported.
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A southwestern Ohio farmer says severe weather and flooding has delayed spring field work. Eric Tipton says a tornado recently touched down
A pest management expert says livestock producers should be thinking about fly control as temperatures warm up this spring. Gene Spellman,
A technical service representative with BASF says farmers are facing increased challenges from herbicide resistant weeds at a time when every
Recent heavy rain is impacting transportation on the Ohio River system. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says flooding was heaviest
