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From the low point in 2014, beef cow numbers have expanded by nine percent. Total cow numbers including dairy cows are up seven percent.
Read More about Beef Herd Expansion Near End?Corn price futures for the December 2019 contract increased from $3.79 per bushel for the week ending May 10 to $4.55 for the week ending June 28. Even though corn futures prices weakened after the release of the June crop acreage repor.
Read More about Impact of Higher Corn Prices on Swine Finishing Feed CostCorn prices have increased since mid-May and are expected to be quite volatile for the rest of the year. Each $0.10 increase in corn price results in an increase in feeding cost of gain of $0.87 per cwt.
Read More about Impact of Higher Corn Prices On Feeding Cost of Gain for Cattle FinishingPork production was up four percent in the first-half this year, but the market did not see about nine percent more hogs coming to market in June.
Read More about Will Pork Producers Have a Profitable Year?Recorded July 2, 2019 | The presenters provide an updated review of corn and soybean acreage, which includes information from USDA’s Acreage report along with their own assessment of prevented planting of corn and soybeans.
Read More about Corn & Soybean Outlook Update: Following USDA’s Acreage ReportRecorded June 17, 2019 | Purdue agricultural economists Chris Hurt, Michael Langemeier, and James Mintert provide an updated corn and soybean price outlook, which includes information from USDA’s Crop Progress report.
Read More about Corn & Soybean Price Outlook: Making Your 2019 Soybean Prevented Planting DecisionsThe rates reported in this publication were compiled from questionnaires received from farmers, farm owners, farm custom operators, and professional farm managers in Indiana.
Read More about 2019 Indiana Farm Custom RatesRecorded June 6, 2019 | As a follow-up to their previous webinar, Purdue agricultural economists James Mintert and Michael Langemeier analyze the potential returns from taking the Prevented Planting option for corn and compare it to potential returns from delayed planting of both corn and soybeans, under a couple of different scenarios.
Read More about Late Corn & Soybean Planting DecisionsRecorded May 23, 2019 | Purdue agricultural economists James Mintert and Michael Langemeier join Purdue agronomists, Bob Nielsen and Shaun Casteel to discuss crop insurance alternatives as well as corn and soybean agronomic management considerations.
Read More about Delayed Corn & Soybean Planting DecisionsIn this era of precision agriculture and big data, farmers are increasingly pressured to adopt a farm data software platform. Companies such as Granular, Farmers Edge and Conservis allow producers to manage and analyze their data.
Read More about Farmer Use of Ag Data Software