Arkansas livestock auction summary
The weekly summary of livestock sales in Arkansas for the week ending June 26, showed estimated receipts of 7,425 head, compared to 6,839 head last week and 8,957 head last year, according to the Arkansas Extension Service-USDA Market News, Little Rock, Ark. Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold $3 to $4 higher. Feeders sold steady to $2 higher.
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Apache livestock sales report
Stockman's Livestock Inc., Apache, Okla., reported receipts of 1,661 head June 25, compared to 2,487 head last week and 2,692 head last year, according to the USDA-Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Market News, Oklahoma City, Okla. Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady to $3 higher. Steer and heifer calves were steady to $1 lower.
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Ada Livestock sales report
The Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction, Ada, Okla., reported receipts of 1,435 head June 24, compared to 1,320 head last week and 1,460 head last year, according to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News, Oklahoma City, Okla. Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were steady. Flesh conditions were medium to fleshy.
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Dodge City cattle sales report
Dodge City Winter Livestock, Inc., reported receipts of 451 head, June 25, compared to 1,264 head, last week and 1,862 head, last year, according to the USDA-Kansas Department of Agriculture Market News, Dodge City, Kan. Wheat harvest is in full swing, therefore most of the cattle auctions in the state are shut down for harvest. Compared to last week, there were not enough steers and heifers for a market test, limited sales were steady to firm.
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Springfield livestock auction report
The Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo., reported receipts of 1,883 head June 24, compared to 1,958 head last week and 1,494 head last year, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Jefferson City, Mo. Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 500 pounds were $7 to $10 lower, steers 500 to 800 pounds and 500-weight heifers were $2 to $6 lower, steers over 800 pounds were steady on a ...
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Harvest brings consumers, farmers together
Growing up on a family farm, agriculture was a way of life for my family and me. Each summer I watched producers and custom harvesters sweep across the Plains in eastern Colorado. Not long after summer crops were harvested, farmers were soon planting next year's crop or preparing for corn harvest.
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Harvest in Manter, Kansas
Tuesday, June 23 On Sunday morning we left Seiling, Okla., and made the first trip to our second stop in Manter, Kan. We have to make two trips with each move and we normally take the combine on the first trip, but we did it a little backwards this time.
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Having a home--away from home
Tuesday, June 23 After traveling to many of our stops for many years, my family feels right at home when we return each summer for harvest. One of our favorite homes away from home is Kiowa, Kan., also known as "Combine City."
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And so it was
The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 individuals who were willing to risk everything for the future of what would become the United States of America. Interestingly, it is not hard to find some real horror stories about how treasonous actions led to abuse, but how much is history and how much is folklore? I believe you must be quite naÃØve if you don't understand that it had to be unbelievably painful to be living in that time and hold the vision of a free nation ...
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Duped
Before skipping town for the July 4th holiday, the House of Representatives quickly wrapped up their work on a climate change/global warming bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (San Francisco) and Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (Los Angeles) convinced 219 members to vote in favor of what some are calling the largest expansion of federal regulatory power in history. With so many criticisms of this bill, many are wondering how they pulled it off.
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Ready for new carbon markets and greenhouse gas regulations?
Watching the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approve sweeping climate change legislation proved once again that Otto von Bismark was right when he said: "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." The 219 to 212 vote, which called for the nation's first-ever limits on pollution believed to be linked to global warming, represented an incredible victory for President Barack Obama and especially for House...
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Political climate change
The climate change front moved through a couple of years ago. We all felt it, as even Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that action had to be taken to alleviate man's impact on our planet. The legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week was 20 years in coming and yet many in agriculture and industry are still in denial.
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Corn herbicides deliver more options
DuPont has received federal registration approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for two corn herbicides: Accent Q and Steadfast Q. Both new herbicides provide corn growers with the flexibility to apply them under more diverse weather conditions, across more hybrids and with a wider range of adjuvants. DuPont Accent Q herbicide will provide selective postemergence grass control in field corn grown for seed or grain, popcorn and certain ...
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