Iowa cattleman Shayne Wiese uses CRP to diversify his operation and says
policy changes could benefit producers. Cattlemen's groups are pushing to allow
managed grazing on enrolled acres.
=^Cattlemen Push to Graze CRP Acres
USDA released its July Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and
Demand Estimates reports on Friday.
BUSDA Reports Summary
Montana ranchers Tristan and Shaylyn Stark cut, rake, and bale hay each
summer, stockpiling roughly 800 bales to feed their cattle through winter.
\View From the Range
December corn got a boost from the July WASDE and USDA Crop Production
reports Friday. While corn has had ample reason to rally from the lows with
heat and dryness in the U.S. Corn Belt, the extreme heat impacting the EU corn
crop, and data from the report, along with some positive chart action, gives
corn a possible bullish look at the wrong time of year.
4^Technically Speaking
The medical establishment says seed oils are safe and healthy, but 28% of
Americans say they avoid them.
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