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Crop tour projects 2020 Kansas wheat crop at 284.4 mln bushels

By Reuters May 28, 2020

Reuters – Crop scouts who conducted a three-day tour of hard red winter wheat fields in Kansas, the top U.S. wheat producer last year, estimated the state’s 2020 crop at 284.4 million bushels, organizers said in an online meeting May 21. The average yield from fields scouted on this week’s tour was 44.5 bushels per

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

USDA to probe surging beef prices versus falling cattle prices

Tyson says will co-operate with department's investigation

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 9, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus-related hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday. The investigation adds scrutiny on the small group of meat companies such as Tyson Foods and Cargill that dominate

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team February 4, 2020

MarketsFarm — The condition of the bulk of the U.S. winter wheat crop, taken from data provided by 17 reporting states, was at 29 per cent fair and 48.1 per cent good at the end of January. The rest of those states’ crops stood at 4.2 very poor, 12.1 poor and 7.2 per cent excellent,

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 17, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said Thursday it had suspended some shifts at its Dodge City, Kansas beef-packing plant after an explosion injured two employees. Cargill spokesman Daniel Sullivan said the company expects the facility to be fully operational soon and that it would meet all it customer commitments. The company is investigating the cause

Workers sit outside the Tyson Fresh Meats processing plant at Holcomb, Kan. on Aug. 12, 2019, three days after a fire heavily damaged the facility. (Photo: Reuters/Adam Shrimplin)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

USDA to probe beef market after Tyson plant fire

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 28, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ordered an investigation into widening prices between cattle and beef on Wednesday after a recent fire at a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse in Holcomb, Kansas, shut the plant. Cattle prices have tanked because the fire temporarily eliminated a key buyer of livestock. Producers have worried that meat

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 13, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures plunged to multiyear lows on Tuesday, with some contract months for both live cattle and fed cattle ending at their daily trading limits for the second day in a row. Traders said the market continued to weigh the impact of a fire at a key

CME August 2019 live cattle with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures dropped their daily trading limits on Monday after a fire at a major beef plant threatened to limit demand for the animals for months, traders said. Live cattle prices settled at their lowest since July 3 while feeder cattle contract dropped to their lowest since June

Comment/Feedback, Opinion, Other

Comment: What’s the matter with rural Kansas?

Mostly the current model for agriculture, according to one writer

By Alan Guebert May 16, 2018

For over 100 years, some Kansans have either built or added to their journalism reputation by asking this simple question: What’s the matter with Kansas? The answer, however, is far from simple. The first to ask was William Allen White, the publisher and editor of the Emporia Gazette. White, a mainstream Republican, posed the question

Beef cattle, Livestock

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News April 9, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone Food. The proceeds will be

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to six-week lows on Monday as much-needed rain and snow fell in dry areas of the southern Plains, pushing most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat futures down more than five per cent, traders said. Corn and soybean futures sagged on fund-driven long liquidation and as weekend rains

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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Crop tour projects 2020 Kansas wheat crop at 284.4 mln bushels

USDA to probe surging beef prices versus falling cattle prices

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

USDA to probe beef market after Tyson plant fire

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

Comment: What’s the matter with rural Kansas?

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains

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