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Producers may be taking more of a measured approach going forward.

NPB There is a chance that the $120.78/cwt. price peak of three weeks ago will be surpassed before end of summer. The average price of pork at retail during the month of April was a record $4.323 per pound. That was up 15.8 cents from March and 20.1 cents higher than April 2020. The price record is surprising given that January-April pork production was a record 9.635 billion pounds. Ron Plain The pork cutout value has been above $100 for 50 consecutive days. Friday pork cutout value was $120.86/cwt. That is the highest since $121.66/cwt. on May 11, 2020. The recor...

Des Moines Register The soil was so dry in one of April Hemmes' cornfields, it fell from her hand like dust when she dug into the ground this week to check whether the seeds she planted had germinated. Hemmes' north central Iowa family farm had received trace amounts of rain, missed by most of a storm that dumped up to 2 inches just north of her. "My husband said we have a chance for a few sprinkles tonight," the 61-year-old farmer, who lives just south of Hampton, said Wednesday. "Right now, I'd take that." Luckily, corn planted in Hemmes' other fields is popping out of the ground, find...

Forum focuses on issues critical to beef feedlot producers. Written By: By Beth Doran | 6:00 am, Apr. 23, 2021 × ORANGE CITY, Iowa — June 29 marks the return of the ever-popular Feedlot Forum at the Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center, Iowa. Built grassroots up, this forum focuses on issues critical to beef feedlot producers and cutting edge technology available from agribusiness professionals. The past several years have been a tough road for feedlot producers. They have been challenged with market prices and market disruptions, coupled with production issues such as weath...

BY ISU | April 21, 2021 PrarieArtProject/iStock/Thinkstock We’ve set these budgets up so producers can insert their own on-farm numbers. The more accurate the input numbers are, the more accurate the numbers will be for each operation. - Tim Christensen, farm management specialist with ISU Extension Newly updated resources from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are available to help livestock producers track their cost of production and work through price insurance options...