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Crop News

• Top 5 Market Movers for the Week of April 21, 2025
  Key reports that farmers should watch which could have significant impacts on commodity markets the week of April 21, 2025
• Technology Improves Beef Cattle Production and Environment
  Elanco garnered approval for Lubabegron (marketed as Experior) in 2018. The Lubabegron compound increases cattle growth performance while decreasing nitrogen produced per pound of carcass weight.
• 2025 National Feeder and Stocker Receipts and Percentage of Heifers
  2018 was the peak in sales for the current cattle cycle as shown in the chart above.
• KBC Uses Beef Certificate Program To Help Build Demand
  A highlight of this year’s efforts was the Kansas ProStart Invitational held in Wichita March 3-4. This statewide culinary competition challenged high school teams to apply their classroom knowledge in a real-world setting.
• Corn Leads to Improved Performance in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
  The WSU team’s research, published in the Journal of Power Sources, showed that a protective barrier made of corn protein, in combination with a commonly used plastic, significantly improved the performance of a button-sized lithium-sulfur battery.