precious metals

Precious Metals Taking A Hit

Precious metals not all that precious as they were even two weeks ago. Inflation back on the front burner heading into the memorial holiday and precious metals certainly feeling the effects. Still six more days of trade in the month of May after today, but so far for the month gold down over two percent to near 4500 dollars an ounce. That’s the lowest …

Colorado River

The Colorado River: Lifeline of the American West

For generations, the Colorado River has shaped the landscape, economy, and agricultural success of the American West. Stretching across rugged mountains, deep canyons, and desert valleys, the river is far more than a scenic natural wonder — it is one of the most important water sources in North America. According to American Agriculture History Minute host Mark Oppold, the Colorado …

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Georgia Beef Board Promoting Beef Across the State

The Georgia Beef Board has been busy promoting beef across the state and we caught up with Wyatt Doolittle with GBB to learn more. “Over the past two weeks, we’ve spent a lot of time where the cattle industry starts at our local stockyards. Visiting sale barns, talking with producers and staying connected to the people who make this industry possible is incredibly …

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Florida Beef Council Hosts Dieticians at EPCOT Event

The Florida Beef Council recently hosted dieticians at EPCOT this week and we caught up with Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council to learn more. “Sunday night, the Florida Beef Council hosted what we called the Beef Passport at Epcot. And honestly, it quickly became one of the coolest nutrition outreach programs we’ve done in my time at the Beef Council. We brought …

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Alabama Cattlemen’s Encouraging Consumers to Choose Beef this Memorial Day

As grills are firing up this weekend the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging consumers to choose beef. We caught up with Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association to learn more. “Well, the unofficial start of summer means that it’s time to fire up the grills for Memorial Day and we want to remind all of the listeners, consumers, and of …

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Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Encouraging Voter Participation Today

With Election Day today, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging everyone to get out to the polls and we caught up with Erin Beasley with ACA to learn more. “Well, for months we’ve been leading up to the big Tuesday primary vote and that will take place here on May 19th is the primary voting day for the state of Alabama and …

Trade discussions between the US and China may have significant impacts to agriculture. Agricultural markets across the Southeast are continuing to react to last week's summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where trade and agricultural purchases were major topics of discussion. Following the meetings in Beijing, reports indicated China may expand purchases of US agricultural products as part of broader efforts to stabilize trade relations after last year's tariff escalation disrupted export markets and commodity prices. That is especially important for Southeastern agriculture because commodities like cotton, peanuts, poultry, soybeans, and timber products all depend heavily on international demand and export movement. Market analysts say cotton producers in Georgia and Alabama are watching particularly closely since export sales remain one of the biggest drivers of cotton prices. Peanut growers are also monitoring negotiations because trade stability can influence global commodity movement and overall market confidence heading into harvest planning later this year. While no major new tariff rollbacks have been formally announced yet, agricultural groups are looking for signs that China could increase long-term purchasing commitments for American farm products in the coming months. Growers across the Southeast remain cautious, however, because many trade uncertainties that impacted commodity prices over the past two years remain unresolved. /audio Audio Reporting by Josh McGill for Southeast AgNet.

Secretary of Agriculture Highlights outcomes from President Trump’s Summit in China

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced in a post on X the outcomes from President Trump’s Summit in China last week. Secretary Rollins highlighted the outcomes saying, “$17B in NEW purchase commitments, in addition to the 25MMT soybean commitment; U.S. poultry will be back on the table in China, as they are resuming U.S. imports; U.S. beef is …

Senate Ag Committee

Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on Fertilizer Supply Chain and Affordable Ag Inputs

The US Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing last week to determine solutions to strengthen the fertilizer supply chain and to address agricultural input affordability. Witnesses that provided testimony for the hearing included Andy Green with Center Market Strategies, Trent Kubik with South Dakota Corn Growers, Eddie Melton with Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, Corey Rosenbusch with …

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USMEF Issues Statement on US-China Beef Trade Developments

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has released a statement on the recent trade developments between the United States and China. According to USMEF, “China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) has granted a five-year registration extension to 425 overdue U.S. beef establishments in China’s Food Import Food Establishment (CIFER) system. Additionally, 77 new U.S. beef establishment registrations have been added …

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CME Changing Daily Limits For Cattle Trade

Expanded daily trading limits for live cattle and feeder cattle futures could make the convergence on the June futures very interesting about a month from now. CME announced late week that daily limits for live cattle will increase to $8.50 starting June 1st, $10.75 for feeder cattle on the same day. June live cattle started the week yesterday about $10 below the current cash …