Summary The future has finally come to fruition this week as the Biden Administration takes the oath and officially assumes the Presidency. The equities continue to lick their chops on coming fiscal stimulus. While there is the concern what happen... Read More

Input cost worries? Tough day in the grains with lower prices Huge news week in the U.S. & globally With all this outside influence how is that effecting our markets What goes up has to come down once & awhile Mixed livesto... Read More

LINCOLN, Neb. (January 19, 2021) – Longtime educator in Saunders County has had an accomplished, award winning career. University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty member and Extension Educator Keith Glewen is retiring after 40 years with Nebraska Ext... Read More

NORTH PLATTE, Nebr., --The Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) awards ceremony was held virtually on Saturday, January 16, due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions. The TAPS program was created by University of Nebraska educators and specialists f... Read More

AMES, Iowa – How bioreactors are being used to address water quality issues around the world is the topic of an Iowa Learning Farms webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at noon. Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors are promoted in the Midwest to clean n... Read More

Crop report Trying to find levels to ration South American weather Harvest progress in South America Russia trying to slow down quotas Livestock structure is changing due to high prices grain Contract highs on the livestock M... Read More

How did today’s trade surprise? Strong farmer selling…lines at the elevators How has the basis changed in the past couple of days? Could we continue to go up? South American weather Ethanol demand? Are the grain markets over... Read More

The 2021 Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference is set to take place January 29th and 30th in Kearney, NE.  Though a “young” farmer or rancher is considered to be 35 or under, all are welcome to attend. The conference will feature sessions on ... Read More

Return of the emotions of the markets yesterday Wheat still dealing with Russia Is there a big reversal in the weather pattern at the end of this month for South America? USDA numbers pretty close to StoneX numbers Sept 1 corn stalk n... Read More

The United States Department of Agriculture Winter Wheat Seedings report shows a record-low number of acres planted to wheat in Nebraska. The January 12 report estimated the seeded area for 2021 at 810,000 acres in Nebraska.  The estimate is down... Read More