Many cattle producers are feeling the pain from the sudden rise in fertilizer prices. Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says larger producers likely purchased many of their inputs late last year. “Smaller producers are buying as needed,” he says. “And right now, given where input prices are and where they have gone over […]
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Cash dairy prices were steady-to-higher again on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.71. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 at $1.5775. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.58 to $1.5875. Cheese
A farmer in southeast South Dakota says there seems to be a lot of corn in storage heading into spring. Kevin
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