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We have information that could be helpful for producers seeking seasonal help on their respective operations. Get a behind the scenes look at this year's Roads Scholar Tour and get some tips on how you should be investing any potential profits from Cattle. Plus, Hea...

We are celebrating Nebraska this week as we head to the State Fair in Grand Island. Check out what makes Nebraska Extension's "Raising Nebraska" such a popular draw and How the Nebraska Cattlemen's Beef Pit became a state fair staple. Plus we get an in the field update regarding silage chopping a...

Drought has impacted the state in many ways, including many pastures. Nebraska Extension’s Connor Biehler discusses the option of dyrlotting this fall and its advantages.

Director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, Katelyn McCullock gives an update on the cattle markets and discusses...

You turn up the radio when the broadcaster gives the latest market numbers, and you hear him rattle off multiple months for each commodity. Why? What do those trading months mean?

On this episode of Grain IQ, why are there different trading months for corn and soybeans? How do the trading months...

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We get an update from the fields of south central Nebraska with a local area producer. Mike Straub brings us the latest information from Nebraska Extension's recent Soybean Gall Midge field day. Heartland Farmpartner's President, Jeff Peterson joins us for a look at t...

It seems obvious that having good data helps you make better decisions. What you don realize is that that same good data improves your mental state, Futures risk management has its biggest challenge at the psychological level. Knowing your position in DETAIL has many benefits.

Brad Kooima and Susan Littlefield discussed the cattle market, which Brad described as feeling "tired".

Lighter cattle kills in recent weeks were bringing packer boxes back up, but global economic uncertainty from China and the stock market dip were causes for concern.

Brad also mentioned the...

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We are out in the field getting an entomology update for corn pests and soybean diseases that producers should be on the lookout for. When it comes to cattle, is there more value to heifers than steers? We've got some thoughts on that. Plus, Barchart Senior Analyst Da...

We’re several years into various programs looking to sign up acres for such things as carbon sequestration, nitrogen reduction, cover crops, and other regenerative practices. Yet, there are still not very many acres signed up. Why is that and what will it take to get more acres involved with ecos...

This week on Market Journal, we are taking you out to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's South Central Ag Lab for their annual field day. We discuss, entomology and crop disease concerns for crop producers this time of year. Plus, get updated on current wheat harvest conditions as well as the l...

Adding the details behind why advisors often say farmers marker grain in the bottom third of cash prices. Why this is a myth.

If you’re in modern day production Agriculture, you are in business. Probably to the tune of millions of dollars of allocated capital. Yet, many farmers don’t flex their money mindset or think like entrepreneurs. This could make for real on-farm struggles moving into an era of high interest rates...

Wheat harvest continues as corn and soybeans are growing rapidly. We visit a less traditional farm here in Nebraska. We turn now to my colleague Alex Makovica with the Rural Radio Network for this update on the growing season with a flower farm not far from Lincoln.

Last month a team of UNL gra...

The Doldrums of summer usually bring a change within the cattle, but this summer they are doing good.

On this week's Cattle Call, Brad Kooima with Kooima, Kooima, Varilek looks at the north cash, weather concerns, the inventory report of last week and this last full trading week of July.

Every Summer we begin to analyze crop reports, look at the markets and ask the question, “Will Ag make money this year? And if so, which sectors?” Jarod Creed of JC Marketing & Ag Financial Services joins Damian to discuss farm income, recent ag economic history, political winds shaping or shifti...

This week we discuss the importance of controlling volunteer wheat after harvest and how grasshoppers are impacting pastures in Western Nebraska. additionally we'll find out what diseases soybean producers should be on the look out for. Plus, we've got the latest in the cattle markets and the wea...

Welcome to this week's edition of Cattle Call! Get ready for valuable insights into the cattle market as we delve into two significant reports: the Cattle on Feed report and the semiannual cattle inventory report. Join Brad Kooima, an expert from Kooima Kooima Varilek, as he analyzes the upcoming...

We produce a LOT of agricultural output here in the United States and the trend line for increased productivity isn’t letting up. So what happens when we run out of places to sell our output or creative ways to burn through our crops as we’ve done with ethanol or renewable diesel? Will we see cal...

This week on Market Journal, we head out into the fields to see how hail has impacted some Nebraska producers and discuss some of the finer details of the highly anticipated Farm Bill with Senator Deb Fischer. We also get a look at this year's Nebraska Extension Weed Management Field Day, as we s...

As you’ve likely heard me say, we in Agriculture suffer from commodity mindset. When we think of growing margins, we think of reducing costs, getting bigger, and making more with less. But what happens when there’s almost no efficiencies to be gained, or worse yet when we make so much stuff that ...

It comes as no surprise that the corn market has an influence over the cattle market.

On this week's Cattle Call, Brad Kooima with Kooima, Kooima, and Varilek looks into this relationship.

He also looks at the cost of gain, fund rolling out of August and some early sales happening in Kansas.