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January 25, 2020KEEPING HER WARM The thermoneutral zone of a newborn calf is between 55-78° Fahrenheit. When the temperature drops below 55, a newborn calf is going to begin to experience some degree of cold stress. The first step in winter feeding is to create a comfortable environment. BEDDING Between week 1 and week 6 of life,
January 21, 2020Last week’s trade agreements, including signing of Phase 1 with China and the USCMA (NAFTA 2.0) are positive news in the Ag front. So why are markets lower? China has agreed to purchase substantial amounts of Ag products, but purchases are based on market conditions. No significant crop issues in South America and a cheap
January 16, 2020Once again, the market is disappointed. All of the excitement leading up to the signing of Phase 1 China agreement yesterday seems to be a letdown for the market. The traders are skeptical that China will follow through with the agreement. The markets tumbled after the signing with soybeans down 13 cents and trading 5
January 14, 2020Are you a member of the 6# Plus Club? No, this isn’t made of people who gained 6 lbs. between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day—otherwise many of us would qualify! Rather, the # identifies an area of performance in the dairy world that I encourage all producers to think and talk about. When you hear
January 14, 2020The major theme from last Friday’s report is that the trade ignored the US corn yield increase and larger ending stocks for a couple of reasons. The first is that the USDA stated that a re-survey of the slowest harvest states will be done but gave no indication when those results will be released.
January 9, 2020ALMOST, report day! USDA is set to release quarterly stocks and final production numbers at 11am sharp. Below are the estimated and last report numbers. Make sure to have offers working on old and new crop. We might see quick spikes in the market. Hold on for a wild ride in the market. It is
January 7, 2020Markets are generally softer this Tuesday morning as the industry prepares for Friday’s USDA report. This much anticipated report will have the USDA’s annual crop production numbers, quarterly grain stocks report, and the WASDE supply and demand report. Along with that report, we are also waiting for the signing of Phase 1 of the trade
January 2, 2020Happy New Year! New year, new opportunity. USDA released their calendar for the 2020 report schedule. The first major report will be January 10. Information included in the report will be “final” production, exports, and domestic usage. The Phase 1 deal is said to be signed January 15. Hopefully both events bring new opportunities to
December 23, 2019Every year the harvest season feels unique, this year was especially different as we powered through a Halloween with winter-type weather and now Christmas feeling more like autumn. Moreover, here at Landmark our grain dryers are still working very hard on BEANS, crazy! Phase 1 China trade agreement, USMCA and South American weather are the
December 22, 2019As we close out the challenging harvest season of 2019, our producers will turn to their next set of obstacles: lack of feed inventory, high yeast counts and mycotoxins in forages, and lack of feed quality. The Landmark animal nutrition team can help with these hardships and educate producers about mitigation strategies. Addressing the lack