Tennessee Market Highlights
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s weekly Tennessee Market Highlights newsletter is available online.
Includes:
Click to View the March 16, 2012 edition of the Tennessee Market Highlights
Tennessee Market Highlights
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s weekly Tennessee Market Highlights newsletter is available online.
Includes:
Click to View the March 9, 2012 edition of the Tennessee Market Highlights
USDA Market News
The USDA Market News Service reports feed ingredient prices for the week ending
March 06, were mixed.
- Soybean Meal was 10.00 to 21.40 higher.
- Cottonseed Meal was steady to 15.00 higher.
- Whole Cottonseed was 3.00 lower to 10.00 higher.
- Canola Meal was 5.00 to 10.60 higher.
- Linseed Meal was steady to 10.00 higher.
- Sunflower Meal was steady to 5.00 higher.
- Crude Soybean Oil was 114 to 175 points lower.
- Crude Corn Oil was 100 points higher.
- Meat and Bone Meal was steady to 20.00 higher.
- Blood Meal was steady in California.
- Feather Meal was steady to 30.00 lower.
- Fish Meal was steady. Corn Hominy was steady to 5.00 lower.
- Corn Gluten Feed was steady to 10.00 higher.
- Corn Gluten Meal was steady to 45.00 higher.
- Distillers Dried Grains were 8.00 lower to 7.00 higher.
- Wheat Middlings were 7.00 lower to 32.00 higher, mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher.
**All prices quoted per ton unless otherwise noted**
Tennessee Market Highlights
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s weekly Tennessee Market Highlights newsletter is available online.
Includes:
Click to View the March 2, 2012 edition of the Tennessee Market Highlights
Q & A on Farm Policy
Washington consultant Jim Wiesemeyer is asked many questions during
his frequent travels around the country. These are his typical
responses to queries about upcoming elections and farm policy issues.
Q: What will happen to estate tax provisions after 2012?
A: Current language expires at the end of this year, and if it isn’t
changed, the estate tax exemption goes from the current $5.12 million
mark to $1 million — equivalent to around 150 acres of Iowa
farmland! Congress will likely extend the current language via a
lame-duck session of Congress after the Nov. 6 elections. That is
when lawmakers must deal with the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax
cuts. The unknown is how many years the estate tax language will
be extended — it will not likely be permanent. […]