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Date: January 9th 2012
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Date: December 23rd 2011
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Steve Malakowsky Hog Blog from AgStar Financial, January 23rd 2012
Your AgStar FSO Steve Malakowsky Email: Steve.Malakowsky@AgStar.com Phone: 507-381-4505 AgStar Client Services: 1-866-577-1831 Vice President of Agri-Business Capital Steve has been working for AgStar since 1997 as an Analyst working with Swine clients. His current position is working as a... (Continue reading)
Stu Ellis Commetary, What Does The Fed Hear About Agriculture Before Making Interest Rate Decisions? January 19th 2012
Written on 19 Jan, 2012 at 6:46 in Commentaries | Comments
Stu Ellis, formerly with University of Illinois Extension, serves as the Farmgateblog.com blogger and editor. Ellis has been a presence in Illinois agriculture for more than thirty years and he brings an impressive array of credentials to his new position.... (Continue reading)
Hallie Frobose Pork Industry Blog from Oklahoma St University, January 18th 2012
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and you are starting off the year with a big bang. For me I am beginning the year looking to the future like many other... (Continue reading)
Lori Stevermer Pork Power Blog, America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education
As farmer’s many of our daily tasks require hard work and some ingenuity to get the job done. In many cases we “make do” with what we have. But when it comes to educating our kids, we shouldn’t have to... (Continue reading)
Mike Brumm Commentary, Wild 2 days in Chicago futures, January 16th 2012
The $0.50/bu decline in corn prices for the March, May and July contracts the past 2 days following yesterday morning’s USDA report is the talk of Midwest agriculture. If you’re a grain seller, you’re suddenly going to make plans to... (Continue reading)
Nancy Lidster, DNL Farms: Focus on Pigs’ Flight Zones can Kill Herd FLOW, January 16th 2012
Written on 16 Jan, 2012 at 6:54 in Commentaries | Comments
Thank you to everyone I met, videoed, and worked with in South Dakota this past week. It was a positive learning experience for me as I hope it was for everyone else. We’re going to continue with the sow moving examples we... (Continue reading)
Ron Plain Hog Outlook, January 15th 2012
Written on 16 Jan, 2012 at 6:52 in Commentaries | Comments
USDA’s January World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) was noted for its larger-than-expected estimate of 2011 corn production and 2012 ending stocks. March, May and July corn futures were down the limit on Thursday. The report also raised... (Continue reading)
Mark Greenwood Hog Blog from AgStar Financial Services, January 12th 2012
Your AgStar FSO Mark Greenwood Email: Mark.Greenwood@AgStar.com Phone: 507-381-0968 AgStar Client Services: 1-866-577-1831 Vice President of Agri-Business Capital, Team Leader Named as one of National Hog Farmer’s Visionaries of the US Pork Industry in 2005, Mark is Vice President of... (Continue reading)
Stu Ellis Commentary, To Maintain 2012 Profitability, Manage Your Margins, January 11th 2012
Written on 12 Jan, 2012 at 6:53 in Commentaries | Comments
Stu Ellis, formerly with University of Illinois Extension, serves as the Farmgateblog.com blogger and editor. Ellis has been a presence in Illinois agriculture for more than thirty years and he brings an impressive array of credentials to his new position.... (Continue reading)
Mike Brumm Commentary, USDA Funding, January 11th 2012
Beginning this week, there will be some changes in USDA market reports, etc. I have been receiving an automated weekly link to a summary report of DDGS prices and corn:DDGS ratios every Friday. This week’s link included notice that USDA... (Continue reading)
Weekly Roberts Agricultural Commodity Market Report January 10, 2012
Written on 10 Jan, 2012 at 6:58 in Commentaries | Comments
Note: The markets will be closed for the Martin Luther King holiday next week. CORN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) closed up on Monday. MAR’12 futures closed at $6.520/bu; up 8.5¢/bu. The DEC’12 contract closed up 8.25¢/bu... (Continue reading)
Nancy Lidster, DNL Farms: Moving Sows, January 9th 2012
Written on 9 Jan, 2012 at 6:54 in Commentaries | Comments
We’re going to look at moving sows and doing so in the context of pig handling information offered in the TQA and PQAPlus programs. Both are U.S.A. programs but TQA is widely taught to truckers and non-trucking handlers in barns and packing plants in... (Continue reading)
Ron Plain Commentary, January 9th 2012
Written on 9 Jan, 2012 at 6:53 in Commentaries | Comments
USDA’s December hogs and pigs report said the inventory of market hogs weighing 180 pounds or more on December 1 was down 0.4%. Most of those hogs have gone to slaughter by now and it looks like 2% more would... (Continue reading)
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- Mark Greenwood Hog Blog, From AgStar Financial Serivces: February 3rd 2012
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- Weekly Roberts Agriculture Commodity Market Report January 31, 2012
- Mike Brumm Commentary,Weaned Pig Prices, January 28th 2012
- Nancy Lidster DNL Farms, Common Sense and Moving Pigs: January 29th 2012
- Ron Plain Hog Outlook, January 29th 2012
- Justin Roelfs Hog Blog From AgStar Financial, January 27th 2012
- Stu Ellis Commentary, Livestock Feed Supplies Remain Tight, But Not Worsening., January 26th 2012
- Mike Brumm Commentary: Minnesota Pork Congress Report, What are the future challenges to pork production, January 24th 2012
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