Summer is when a lot of Montana calves change hands long before they're weaned. Here's how forward contracting and video sales work,…
Live and feeder cattle futures moved higher this week, with market watchers largely waiting on broader negotiated cash cattle trade to show…
USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) update is getting plenty of attention in grain country, and for Montana it’s…
Grain and livestock futures ended mixed Thursday, April 9, with cattle contracts pushing higher while corn and wheat drifted lower. Reports indicate…
Live and feeder cattle futures moved lower this week as traders waited for negotiated cash cattle business to develop, according to reports…
Midweek cash cattle business has been slow to develop, with market watchers reporting limited or no visible bids and asking prices in…
Grain and livestock futures finished Monday with a split personality: corn and soybeans nudged higher, wheat drifted lower, live cattle posted a…
USDA’s latest national look at winter wheat suggests the crop is coming out of dormancy with more stress than growers saw this…
Reports from around Montana suggest spring precipitation has started to do what ranchers and farmers have been waiting on since last fall:…
Reports indicate USDA is weighing whether to resume live cattle imports from Mexico, a policy question that always lands at the intersection…
Midday reports indicate the cash cattle market was mostly a waiting game, with very light trade and buyers and sellers still feeling…
Montana’s small-grain season is shaping up as a tale of two (or more) Montanas: places with moisture and functioning irrigation are holding…
Reports indicate the U.S. Department of Agriculture is again weighing whether to resume live cattle imports from Mexico, a policy decision that…
Reports from national ag outlets indicate USDA is weighing whether and how to resume or adjust live cattle imports from Mexico, a…
Across Montana, the spring wheat picture is shaping up like it often does in a big state: uneven. Reports from producers, agronomists…
Reports from around the West suggest a familiar pattern heading into the heart of the growing season: some areas are catching timely…
Thursday’s close in the grain and livestock futures markets sent a mixed signal: cattle contracts strengthened while corn and soybeans softened. For…
Soybean futures moved higher after a USDA acreage estimate that came in toward the low end of what many analysts were expecting,…
New federal numbers suggest the U.S. is sitting on a very large pile of corn heading into spring—bigger than what’s typically available…
New federal renewable fuel volume targets are back in the spotlight after a recent announcement on Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the…
Monday’s board trade ended with a split tone across the ag complex: corn futures weakened, soybeans and wheat edged higher, and cattle…
Reports from national market analysts indicate the USDA’s spring acreage outlook could show more soybean ground and a different mix for corn…
Corn and soybean futures finished lower at the end of the week, with market watchers pointing to a familiar mix of uncertainty:…
Corn and soybean futures finished lower to end the week, according to market reports, giving back some earlier gains and keeping a…
Friday’s board action sent a split message to the countryside: cattle futures pushed higher while key feed grains moved lower. Reports indicate…