It looks like rain will continue to be in the forecast for much of the corn belt and final planting deadlines are approaching.. so what to do next? As promised, Mike and Delaney are joined today by ag insurance guru Bob Hartsough to chat about the best options for your #plant2019 decisions.
Dallas Mount, Extension Educator for the University of Wyoming and instructor for the final class of the High Plains Ranch Practicum joined me ahead of the June 26th launch of the class. We discuss profitability targets for the 2018 calf crop and how you could use them to inform the decisions you are still making about the 2019 calf crop.
Switching things up for today's #MarketMonday episode with Paul Mussman, general manager of AgWest Commodities. Today Paul shares some of the risk management strategy behind taking advantage of some of the rallies we are currently seeing in the commodity markets.
Dalmas Tiampati of the Maasai Center for Regenerative Pastoralism of Kenya joined me to discuss the history of Maasai Pastoralism, the effects of colonialism, as well as his hopes, dreams, and definition of success for his people. We talk about how Dalmas plans to use Holistic Management to regenerate land, livestock, and his communities through ancient pastoralist practices.
Well, more rain is coming down across the corn belt, the soybean market fell out of bed, but US Beef is headed back to Japan without restriction! Mixed bag in the world of ag news today.Field Reporter Bruce Gaarder has today's interview for us with Dr. John Newton, Chief Economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation and they talk trade and what's ahead for our industry. Have a great weekend, everybody!
It's a short episode today! Mike and Delaney are both on the road, but as NAFB's Washington Watch continues, we were able to get audio from a conversation the broadcasters had with Ted McKinney, Undersecretary for Trade at USDA - the first role of it's kind at USDA.
