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An ag economist says the continued rise in fuel prices will impact profitability in the livestock sector.  Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says trucking costs are starting to creep up. “The rule of thumb usually is whatever the price of diesel is per gallon is usually what a loaded truck mile is,” he The post Increasing diesel prices are driving up livestock transportation costs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Producers attending Wisconsin’s biggest farm show have different reasons for going.  Brownfield asked a few attendees at the 64th WPS Farm Show what caught their attention and what impressed them most. They said, “Just the number of people that are here and the interest they have.” “Some of the smaller stuff, not the great big The post What are farm show attendees looking at? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, feeders were up ahead of the week’s direct business.  April live cattle closed $.07 higher at $235.37 and June live cattle closed $.05 lower at $234.60.  April feeder cattle closed $1.97 higher at $354.45 and May feeder cattle closed $2.35 higher at $350.70.  Direct cash The post Cattle futures mostly higher waiting on direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

More than 60 ag groups are asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to revoke countervailing duty orders on imports of phosphate fertilizer from Morocco and Russia. The groups, including USA Rice, the National Corn Growers Association and American Soybean Association, say maintaining phosphate fertilizer CVDs allows a small number of powerful corporations to continue to The post Ag groups urge U.S. to drop phosphate fertilizer tariffs on Morocco, Russia imports appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.