News — Drought

When hot, dry summers reduce cool-season hay yields, warm-season grasses like millet, sorghum, and sorghum-Sudan hybrids can fill the gap.

As Jeffrey “Alfalfa” Jackson says: “If you like to haul manure, go ahead. If you want more efficient feed, think fiber digestibility.”

• The Mississippi river is at it's 8th lowest level on record.
• 550 miles of the lower Mississippi is under a low water advisory. 
• Barge companies declare force majeure
• What's going on with Shipping - Lower Mississippi River Closes 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pico2dBhz0M

• Exchange rates continue to dampen demand for agricultural exports. The yen is the weakest it has been, relative to the dollar, since 1998.