Profit Tracker: Cattle, Hog Margins Treading Water

Farm PPP Loan Flowchart

Paul Neiffer offers a flowchart for farmers and bankers on what is available under the reopening of the first draw PPP loan and a second draw PPP loan.

Profit Tracker: Cattle, Hog Margins Treading Water

Average cattle feeding margins improved $15 per head last week, with closeouts showing a modest $42 per head return over breakeven. Industry-wide average cash cattle prices were mostly steady at $111 and average per head feed costs declined about $2.

Three Conservation Ag Insights from Illinois Farmer Craig Swartz

If you’re like most farmers, you pride yourself on being a good steward of soil, water and air. Those elements are essential to the success of your business. And you recognize there are opportunities to keep improving and to take that next step. That is the approach Illinois farmer Craig Swartz takes on his family’s operation in the Vermilion River Watershed in central Illinois.

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The RFA is engaging President-Elect Biden's administration in talks about waivers.

Feral Swine Eradication: USDA invests $11.65 Million to Expand Program

An $11.65-million investment by the USDA will help agricultural producers and private landowners trap and control feral swine as part of the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program.

#FJFieldFieldDays: How COVID-19 Transformed Machinery Auctions

We’ve seen seven to 10 years of technology advancement with online equipment buying and selling condensed into less than a year. That’s the takeaway from Greg Peterson, founder of Machinery Pete, as he looks back at the past nine months of online auctions. Log on to Farm Journal Field Days now for more insights.