Month: August 2018

Milk futures and cash dairy prices all went up at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wednesday. August Class Three milk was up $.10 at $14.86.    September was up $.09 to $15.65. October was up $.15 to [Read More…]

A northeast Nebraska farmer says his crops look “fantastic”. “The dryland crops, I don’t know if they could look any better than they do,” says Greg Anderson of Newman Grove. “I just can’t recall another [Read More…]

BASF closed its acquisition of assets from Bayer Wednesday. Senior vice president for BASF Crop Protection North America Paul Rea says the $9 billion-dollar purchase transforms how the company provides farmers more tools and solutions. [Read More…]

USDA officials are expressing disappointment in a recent ruling by Europe’s highest court that says “gene-edited” crops are “genetically modified organisms”. That means gene-editing could be subject to the same restrictive policies that govern the [Read More…]

Commentary. I’ve received some hate mail over the years for commentary I’ve written.  It’s come at me from many directions!  I’ve been accused of being too much of a “granola cruncher” by some while others [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production declined last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.064 million barrels a day, down 10,000 on the week with firmer corn prices limiting profitability, but 62,000 above a year [Read More…]

President Trump insists his trade policies are helping farmers correct the trade deficit with China. “China and others have targeted our farmers- not good, not nice,” he says. Trump defended his decision to implement tariffs [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Cyndi Young and Shannon Yokley will be on the ground at the Missouri State Fair on Tuesday, August 14 for Missouri Farmers Care Food Drive Tuesday and Missouri FFA Food Insecurity Service Day Schedule.  [Read More…]

Brownfield will be on stage with other sponsors of Drive to Feed Kids during the Cole Swindell concert at the Missouri State Fair to present a check to Feeding Missouri. Continue reading Drive to Feed [Read More…]

A plume of tropical moisture interacting with a cold front will continue to spark heavy showers and local flooding from the eastern Gulf Coast region into southern New England. During the next 5 days, additional [Read More…]

November soybean futures have climbed nearly a dollar since bottoming out near $8.25 per bushel in early July. DTN analyst Todd Hultman says there are several reasons why, including speculation about China. He’s also watching [Read More…]