The Dairy Squeeze

The Dairy Squeeze

U.S. dairymen and women dream of the good ole days where market volatility and supply chain snafus were as common as oat milk. But recent economic reports have the industry reflecting on 2020, a rollercoaster of a year. From dumping milk in April to cheering on dairy...
A Walk in the Wheat

A Walk in the Wheat

Wheat often gets the supporting actor nod in the U.S. grain market theater. But with all the headlines about it this winter, its new-found star status has it center stage. The storyline beings with Mother Nature not being kind to U.S. wheat farmers this season....
U.S. Farmers Right Now…

U.S. Farmers Right Now…

Producers received a mixed bag of projections last week from the USDA. By the numbers, 2021-style: $20.4 billion: The forecasted increase in cash receipts for commodities. $9.8 billion: The projected decrease in US net farm income. Cautiously optimistic: Commodity...

CFAP Payments on the Fritz

Just like our readers in the northern U.S., new rules and regs have been frozen for the Biden administration to review. This freeze pauses $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program [CFAP] payments for producers that were announced on January 15....