View in Browser
May 3, 2021
 
 
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...
 
 
 
 
Labor Shortage, Wet Weather Cause Lumber Prices to Surge 359%
 
Lumber prices are up 69% since the start of 2021. It’s a complex supply and demand issue that boils down to three different bottlenecks, all of which stem from a labor shortage.
 
 
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...
 
 
 
How Does Your Operation Use Technology?
 
50% of farmers think precise control of machine settings to improve yields and reduce input costs is the most important reason to adopt precision ag technology. Do you agree? Fill out our survey and share your voice.
 
 
 
 

EPA has 60 days to decide on the fate of chlorpyrifos. A Federal appeals court in San Francisco says the agency has delayed acting on the widely used bug killer for nearly 14 years.

Today's Top Stories
 
 
 
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...
ADVERTISEMENT
 
 

Used equipment values continued rising right through April 2021 after the second-biggest quarterly jump (7.8 to 8.5) ever on Machinery Pete “Used Values Index” Overall Index Rating.

Hottest Used Machinery Market Since 2013
 
 
 
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...
ADVERTISEMENT
 
 

After years of work with USB and the Soy Checkoff, Goodyear Tire is now committing to phasing out all petroleum from its products by the year 2040, using soybean oil in its place.

Goodyear Tire Will Replace All Petroleum Products with Soybean Oil By 2040
 
 
 

Ample supplies of fed cattle continue to hang over the market as feedlots struggle to get more current. Beef packers have very large margins and appear to be trying to push kills in the face of limited capacity.

Derrell Peel: Cattle Market Struggles Continue
 
 
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
Learn more about RevenueStripe...
 
 

One supermarket chain is trying out a new way to get your groceries to you. Details in today's AgDay Minute.

Kroger Testing Grocery Delivery by Drone
 
 
 
Today's Markets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Connect With Us:
You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber or past subscriber to a Farm Journal Product.
 
 
 
Copyright 2021 Farm Journal, Inc 8725 Rosehill Road Lenexa, KS, 66215