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Picking the turkey centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table can be the easiest part with a few tips from a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
David Murray, Editors, Holidays, Livestock, Poultry, Turkeys, USDA

Give thanks for lower costs while farmers toughing it out

Cost of traditional Thanksgiving meal for 10 people is down by 5% when compared to 2024, Field Editor David Murray writes. Read More

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.
Beef, Corn, Cotton, Crops, Dairy, Dave Bergmeier, economy, Feeder, Government, Grain Sorghum, Poultry, Soybeans, Stocker, Swine, USDA, Wheat

Farm income expected to be up for 2025

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Corn, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans, Wheat

Putting a value on weed’s theft from yields



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Beef is front and center during the month of May

One dozen white eggs in a carton package. (Adobe Stock │ #348670594 - Kenishirotie)

Egg prices starting to decline as consumers adjust

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Cattle herd shrinks, prices go higher

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A closer look at the tougher economic times ahead

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

USDA pushes up net farm income projections

USDA Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Graders (Meat) correlate on beef at their annual national beef correlation event, August 13, 2019. (USDA Photo by Preston Keres)

Is the cow jumping over the moon more moonshot or nonsensical?

Soybeans (K-State Research & Extension photo.)

WASDE sees more soy exports, crush, supply, competition

(Photo courtesy K-State Research and Extension.)

What the beef is going on?