Daily market commentary

Daily market commentary

Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror, but the selling and market caution is still lingering through most of the market complex. In the equity complex there is limited selling, but traders are acting very cautious with poor economic data on Monday. That data included the Dallas Federal Reserves manufacturing production…
Amish finding a home well off the beaten path in Nebraska’s Sandhills

Amish finding a home well off the beaten path in Nebraska’s Sandhills

Turn south onto the blacktop out of this Cherry County ranch town, and the Sandhills seem to roll on for an eternity. “Wide-open spaces” aptly describes the endless prairie, where cowboys still work cattle on horseback and stargazers come to get away from city lights. You’re lucky to encounter another…
Weekly commodity market recap with Darrell Holaday for the week of November 24th

Weekly commodity market recap with Darrell Holaday for the week of November 24th

Darrell Holaday, Country Futures, breaks down the weekly commodity trade. The early part of the weeks trade was sideways for grain and livestock. Friday brought in heavy selling against the market. Darrell Holaday highlights how South American weather and export demand are playing into the current market picture. Check out…
Midwest sheep and goat marker report for the week of November 25th

Midwest sheep and goat marker report for the week of November 25th

For the week ending November 25th the Midwest sheep and goat market was thinly traded as would be expected for Thanksgiving week. I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving this past week. There were only 2 sales in our typical trade area this week. With that the market could be…
Zink appointed to United Sorghum Checkoff Board

Zink appointed to United Sorghum Checkoff Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has named six members to the United Sorghum Checkoff Program’s Board of Directors. Among them, Tracy Zink from Indianola, Nebraska, is appointed as an At-Large Member for a three-year term starting December 2023. The 13-member United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board is composed of nine…
Former Nebraska Crime Commission Director hired to lead Brand Committee

Former Nebraska Crime Commission Director hired to lead Brand Committee

The Nebraska Brand Committee has a new executive director. The Committee voted 5-0 to hire Don Arp, the former head of the Nebraska Crime Commission, to replace outgoing Executive Director John Widdowson, during a special meeting on Wednesday, November 15. More from Tri-State Livestock News The announcement came after a…
Flatwater Free Press reviews buyers of Nebraska farmland

Flatwater Free Press reviews buyers of Nebraska farmland

There’s never a Black Friday discount when a piece of Nebraska farmland hits the market in 2023, be it a fertile field in the Platte River Valley or a vast swath of Sandhills pastureland.  The market’s hot. And corporate farms, both in-state and out, are dipping into their deep pockets…