Monday, August 10, 2020 3:21PM CDT
Family members, union representatives and advocates told a Nebraska legislative committee on Thursday about the struggles facing packing plant workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A state lawmaker is pushing for the state to enact higher safety standards for workers at packing plants.
Monday, August 10, 2020 3:16PM CDT
COVID-19 caused extensive harm to the economy and damaged the bulk of commodity prices in 2020. In the past three months, however, five ag commodities have posted positive gains and outperformed the S&P 500, an interesting display of bullish resilience in a tough year.
Monday, August 10, 2020 3:13PM CDT
Estate and succession planners say the coronavirus pandemic has increased interest in updating plans as families have sensitive conversations about what would happen to the farm and the business if someone falls ill.
A letter to USDA from the House Agriculture Committee calls on the department to deal with several questions going on within the cattle industry. The congressmen want USDA to tap t...
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While the National Grain and Feed Association largely supports the CFTC's fifth attempt to create a position limits rule, its official statement on the rule offers a number of sugg...
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As federal lawmakers continue work on a possible COVID-19 economic relief package, members of the House Biofuels Caucus are asking House and Senate leaders to include specific lang...
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Surprise packages in the mailbox aren't necessarily welcome, and this week many received envelopes containing unidentified seeds. Recipients are being asked not to plant or discard...
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In hindsight, the 2019 Tyson packing plant fire has a different feel to it than it did at the time. Now, with having endured a packing plant fire and a disease outbreak, there's no...
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When I was kid growing up on our eastern Nebraska farm, my dad purchased an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). This was in the early 1980s and he got a three-wheeler, which he used to chec...
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A few bearish signals appear in both canola futures and cash markets, but a significant factor may be the move by commercial traders from holding a bullish futures position to that...
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In mechanics, and in life, issues arising from neglect rarely fix themselves. If allowed to squeak long enough, a minor irritant can become a catastrophic failure.
December corn is steady, November soybeans are down 2 cents, and September KC wheat is down 1 1/2 cents.
Elevated cash cattle sales last week helped to spark renewed fundamental interest through the complex. But this has left futures trade searching for additional longer-term direction. Hog futures appear to focus on expanding last week's gains during early week trade.
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