Year: 2018

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed, getting ready for the week’s direct cash business, while watching weather in the major feeding areas and waiting for developments in global trade discussions. December was $.47 [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Cyndi Young, Tom Steever, Meghan Grebner and Shannon Yokley will be on the ground for the 51st Annual Missouri Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show January 4 – 6, 2018. Continue reading Missouri Cattle [Read More…]

Mar. corn closed at $3.73 and 1/4, down 4 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $8.70, down 14 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $303.40, down $4.10 Jan. soybean oil closed at 27.36, down 38 points Mar. wheat closed at $5.10, down 6 and 1/2 cents Dec. live [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed in positive territory, with the January contract up two cents at $14.19.  February eight cents higher at $14.43.  March milk up four at $14.88.  April [Read More…]

China’s Ministry of Finance says it will remove import tariffs on more than 700 goods beginning January 1st. China will remove tariffs on some ingredients for livestock feed including sunflower and canola meals. It will [Read More…]

Purdue University Extension Specialist Bob Nielsen says after a drawn-out harvest, now is the time to plan for the 2019 growing season. “It certainly behooves you to spend some time looking at performance data from [Read More…]

The soybean market is waiting for news of more purchases by China. Market analyst Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with INTL FCStone, says there are rumors of another two million metric tons to be purchased [Read More…]

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Amie Simpson, Brownfield Anchor/Reporter will be on the ground in Hagerstown, IN on January 24 for the Seed Consultants Winter Agronomy Meeting. Continue reading Seed Consultants Winter Agronomy Meeting at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield’s Amie Simpson will be on the ground for the Ohio Cattlemen’s Award Banquet Saturday, January 12 in Lewis Center, Ohio.  For the last few years Brownfield Ag News has sponsored the OCA Industry Excellence [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Amie Simpson will cover the Purdue Top Farmer Conference on Friday, January 11 in West Lafayette, IN. Continue reading Purdue Top Farmer Conference at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground in Dayton for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) 40th annual conference Friday, February 15.   Continue reading Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be in French Lick, IN February 6-7 covering the Indiana Dairy Forum. Continue reading Indiana Dairy Forum at Brownfield Ag News.      

The short answer is yes, according to Peter Goldsbrough a professor at Purdue University who says it’s necessary: GMO foods are safe and almost everything we eat is genetically modified.   Continue reading Do we [Read More…]