NCBA's convention is underway here in Nashville and the first meeting I went to jumped to the heart of it: the $1 per head check-off fee. While most of this executive committee meeting of the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) was in closed session, they mentioned a few things of interest.
On a daily basis, Friday's cash corn price was up 1 cents at $6.32; soybeans, up 16 cents at $11.88; hard red winter wheat, down 5 cents at $6.75; soft red winter wheat, down 3 cents at $6.44; and hard red spring wheat up 3 cents at $8.33.