United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2016 was 70.9 million head. This was up 2 percent from September 1, 2015, and up 4 percent from June 1, 2016. Breeding inventory, at 6.02 million head, was up 1 percent from last year, ... Read More

09-30-16 Central Valley Ag Elgin          Corn –     288       Beans – 867 Humphrey     Corn –    288    Beans – 870 Monroe      Corn –   290    Beans – 872 Oakland E. Hub    Corn –   ... Read More

Congress voted to modernize the nearly 100-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S) on Thursday. The vote in the Senate took place just before Congress left on recess, a break that will last until after the elections in November. Introduced by ... Read More

Stalk Rot Diseases Anthracnose stalk rot (with top dieback symptoms caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola) has been especially common this year. The disease can cause the premature death of several internodes above the ear causing browning... Read More

WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Old-crop stocks for corn and soybeans came in just below the pre-report averages in USDA's end-of-marketing year for both crops. Corn came in at 1.738 billion bushels while soybean stocks came in at 197 million bushels. Quarterl... Read More

China has given approval to at least two companies to export corn, trading sources said, in a radical move by the world's No. 2 producer to cut its ballooning surplus and unleash more supply into a saturated global market. In what could be the fir... Read More

Nebraska Corn is now accepting applications for seven internships starting in May 2017. Qualified college students will have the opportunity to apply for internships hosted in Lincoln, Nebraska, across the United States and internationally. Two op... Read More

U.S. Congress this week made a “historic” move and passed the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture — something the seed industry has been advocating for more than a decade. “The treaty is a win for the A... Read More

NFL Thursday's Games Cincinnati 22, Miami 7 Sunday's Games(equals) Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 9:30 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Buffalo at New Englan... Read More

Thursday (09/29/2016) Bishop Neumann 6, Arlington 5 Blair 6, Gretna 5 Boone Central/Newman Grove 8, St. Paul 0 Cozad 10, Gothenburg 4 Elkhorn South 10, Blair 0 Elkhorn South 9, Waverly 2 Falls City 4, Syracuse 3 Fort Calhoun 9, Ashland-Gree... Read More