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Request James Wesley’s “Thank a Farmer”
By: Heather Hetterick There is no shortage of country songs about farmers and farming. I frankly find the majority of them to be somewhat hokey in nature. Then I came across the new song from James Wesley called… Read More
Breeding livestock: It’s all about the math
Those of you that raise and breed livestock as either a hobby or as part of your livelihood know that it is not an easy task. I’ve raised and bred rabbits and goats in the past, but this year I took on the… Read More
My wife was out of town again. This time she was on a three-day lobbying trip with the American Sheep Industry in Washington, D.C. While she hob-knobbed and met with legislators, I was once again charged with… Read More
Agreality – The Glass Walls Project
Transparency; by definition it means to be easily detected or seen through. This word has been used for some time in conversations about our government, but lately it has been the buzz word when it comes to… Read More
Researchers at Rabo AgriFinance have released the Rabobank Q2 Fertilizer Report, which finds the cool, wet conditions across the Midwest are contributing to a delay in the normal fertilizer restocking cycle, resulting in uncertainty in…
| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Electronic Corn | Jul | $6.3500 | -0.1450 |
| Electronic Corn | Sep | $5.4150 | -0.1300 |
| Electronic Corn | Dec | $5.1400 | -0.0625 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Jul | $14.6000 | - 0.0450 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Aug | $13.7975 | - 0.1125 |
| Electronic Soybeans | Sep | $12.8375 | - 0.1050 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Jul | $6.7800 | -0.0725 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Sep | $6.8500 | -0.0775 |
| Electronic SRW Wheat | Dec | $7.0125 | -0.0725 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Jul | $433.4 | - 1.9 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Aug | $404.0 | - 4.0 |
| Electronic Soybean Meal | Sep | $374.6 | - 4.2 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Jun | $2.647 | -0.020 |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Jul | $2.510 | -0.029 |
| Denatured Fuel Ethanol | Aug | $2.391 | -0.023 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| Live Cattle | Jun | $120.400 | +0.275 |
| Live Cattle | Aug | $119.375 | +0.225 |
| Live Cattle | Oct | $122.850 | +0.375 |
| Lean Hogs | Jun | $92.000 | - 0.075 |
| Lean Hogs | Jul | $91.150 | - 0.375 |
| Lean Hogs | Aug | $0.000 | 0.000 |
| Feeder Cattle | May | $132.075 | - 0.450 |
| Feeder Cattle | Aug | $145.450 | +0.975 |
| Feeder Cattle | Sep | $0.000 | 0.000 |
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| Commodity | Month | Last | Change |
| MILK CLASS III | May | $18.51 | +0.00 |
| MILK CLASS III | Jun | $18.16 | - 0.13 |
| MILK CLASS III | Jul | $18.58 | - 0.10 |
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May 20, 2013
Analysis of today's markets from Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics