Month: January 2019

The Trump Administration is making food stamp benefits good through February. The shutdown resulted in only enough to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits until the end of January, but U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures closed weak in limited trade volume ahead of widespread direct cash business.  Contracts were pressured by profit-taking and weak to lower wholesale values.  Feeder cattle [Read More…]

Many farmers are putting their seed choices under the microscope with margins in a vice grip. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Liz Stahl says trait packages should be scrutinized. “I just think it’s good [Read More…]

Trade concerns continue to impact producer sentiment, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Purdue University’s Jim Mintert says 26 percent of farmers surveyed, up from 10 percent in November, expect ag [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Rhiannon Branch will be on the ground in Mt. Vernon, Illinois January 22, 2019 for the Illinois Crop Management Conference presented by University of Illinois Extension. Continue reading Illinois Crop Management Conference at [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on commercial and technical buying, along with spillover from the outside markets. The trade remains optimistic about recent discussions with China ahead of Cabinet-level talks expected later this month. Beans are [Read More…]

Bayer Crop Science President Liam Condon says there has never been a more important time for innovation in the ag industry than there is right now. “There’s an estimate there will be a requirement of [Read More…]

After several years without an outbreak, the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has been found in Alberta, Canada.  The virus was found on a 400-head farrow-to-finish operation.  Alberta Pork says while both the barn and [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Julie Harker will be on the ground in Monroe City, Missouri on Friday, January 18th, 2019 for the 2nd Annual NEMO Soil Health Workshop. Continue reading 2nd Annual NEMO Soil Health Workshop at [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production hit a multi-month low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1 million barrels a day, down 11,000 on the week for the lowest average since the week ending [Read More…]