MARKETS

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins kicked off the 2025 Top Producer Summit on Tuesday morning, detailing her plan to advocate for trade. ‘We want to find market access for all our products,’ Rollins said.

Key Asian markets and Mexico fuel strong month for beef exports and record value for Mexico headlines robust month for pork exports.

Here are five steps to ensure a proactive, profitable plan.

As grilling season kicks off, the focus is now on demand, as major companies like Tyson and McDonald’s are already warning consumers meat prices could climb with ASF continuing to claim China’s hog herd.

The last few weeks have shown a roller-coaster of a ride with the 50-day Moving Average. Worried about marketing your crops and livestock this year? Read Bill Biedermann’s column to gain insight on how this year’s corn, soybean and wheat crops, along with hogs and cattle, could play out in the market.

The initial market reaction to the USDA’s announcement that the H1N1 flu virus was found in Minnesota hogs appears to be minimal to nil.

There is encouraging news in USDA’s June 26 Hogs and Pigs report. Listen to two experts’ commentary on the report.

To track the changing prices paid by consumers for five staples at the breakfast table— eggs, bacon, cereal, bananas, and coffee—we looked at the components of the Consumer Price Index from April 2014 to March 2015.