Month: March 2019

Missouri Governor Mike Parson says it’s time for Missouri River basin governors to come together to take a close look at Corps management – or mismanagement – of the river, “Next week I’m meeting with [Read More…]

Flooded farmers won’t know for a while whether they’ll get a crop in. Meanwhile, a top USDA official says there’s no government program to make them whole. “We have about 1,700 acres that’s underwater,” said [Read More…]

A farmer in southern Minnesota says before this week it was hard to imagine prepping for fieldwork this spring. “We don’t have a heated shop all year round that we can be getting equipment ready [Read More…]

A market analyst expects the next round of USDA reports to weigh heavily on corn and soybean futures. Jamey Kohake with Paragon Investments says Friday’s Prospective Planting forecast and quarterly stocks figures will probably be [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. There’s cautious optimism as face to face, Cabinet-level trade negotiations have resumed with China. A lot of the sticking points are related to technology and [Read More…]

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly higher Wednesday as long-term outlooks for dairy remain positive. March Class III milk down two cents at $15.06.  April down six cents at $15.63.  May a [Read More…]

The USDA is projecting a $3.25 rise in milk prices from 2018 levels and the milk supply to increase by 15 percent over the next decade. In the agency’s Long-term Projections Report, USDA says by [Read More…]

Apple exports have fallen at least 30 percent since the retaliatory tariffs have been imposed by Mexico. U.S. Apple Association director Mike Dietrich from West Central Michigan tells Brownfield Mexico and Canada are the top [Read More…]

The USDA says the prices received and prices paid by farmers rose from January to February. The index of prices received was up 4.9% on the month, with an 8.5% jump in the crop index [Read More…]

Flood concerns are spilling into worry about planting delays in the Red River Valley. Jim Peterson with the North Dakota Wheat Commission says it’s not a question of IF there will be delays this spring, [Read More…]

Overall pork production in the US is expected to edge out beef production by 2028, according to the USDA’s latest Long-term Projections Report. Beef production is set to rise less than 1 percent per year, [Read More…]