Month: July 2018

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on profit taking and lack of follow through buying, despite the strong direction from the cash trade.  Feeder cattle were pressured by the move [Read More…]

There might be problems with the proposal to move food safety oversight responsibilities to a single agency within the USDA, said Bryan Endres, a professor of agriculture law at the University of Illinois.  Potential sticking [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying, managing to post a good week-to-week gain. China’s tariff on U.S. soybeans is in effect, but it looks like some of that is already dialed in [Read More…]

Jul. corn closed at $3.51 and 3/4, up 8 and 1/4 cent Jul. soybeans closed at $8.74, up 38 and 1/2 cents Jul. soybean meal closed at $339.80, up $11.60 Jul. soybean oil closed at 28.90, up 43 points Jul. wheat [Read More…]

New ag data analytics provider Main Street Data has announced the nationwide availability of the Validator, a data tool that enables ag producers to validate that the farming practice decisions they make every year are [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground at the MISSOURI STATE FAIR on Thursday, 8/16 for the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. Continue reading Governor’s Ham Breakfast at Missouri State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground at the ILLINOIS STATE FAIR on Tuesday, 8/14 for Ag Day.     Continue reading Ag Day at Illinois State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground at the MISSOURI STATE FAIR on Monday, 8/13 for Missouri Farm Bureau/farm family day.     Continue reading Missouri Farm Bureau/farm family day at State Fair at [Read More…]

Milk futures and most cash dairy prices are down again to close the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. July Class Three milk was down $.16 at $14.20.   August was down $.17 to $14.69. [Read More…]

The US implemented tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods just after midnight. China retaliated immediately by placing tariffs on US goods. China’s Commerce Ministry says the US has started the biggest trade war in [Read More…]

China’s tariff on U.S. soybeans is now in effect, but Beijing might still indirectly buy U.S. soybeans or soybean products. AgriVisor senior market analyst Dale Durchholz tells Brownfield the beans would be purchased by another [Read More…]

The USDA reports combined old and new crop soybean export sales for the week ending June 28th were above most pre-report estimates. The 2018/19 marketing year for wheat got underway June 1st, while 2017/18 runs [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, mild, mostly dry weather prevails in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Pockets of dryness are mostly limited to the northeastern and southwestern Corn Belt; on July 1, Missouri led [Read More…]

During the next couple of days, cooler, drier air will briefly establish itself across much of the U.S. In contrast, heat on the northern High Plains will expand over the weekend, and further intensify from [Read More…]