Month: December 2021

After projecting record grain farm income for 2021, ag economists at the University of Illinois say the number will likely take a significant decline in 2022. Gary Schnitkey outlines three corn and soybean price scenarios [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower and feeders were down on spread trade and profit taking, with feeders seeing additional pressure from the higher corn. December live was up $.02 at $137.67 [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying, helping contracts finish higher for the week. Beans followed through on Thursday’s gains, with support from products and the sale of 122,000 tons of 2021/22 U.S. [Read More…]

Dec. corn closed at $5.86, up 9 centsJan. soybeans closed at $12.67 and 1/4, up 23 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $367.70, up $9.70Dec. soybean oil closed at 57.10, up 87 pointsDec. wheat closed at [Read More…]

The leader of the Soybean Transportation Coalition says several farm organizations remain willing to put a million dollars into a vital Mississippi River lock and dam project. Executive Director Mike Steenhoek tells Brownfield farmers have [Read More…]

The senior vice president of IHS Markit says supply chain disruptions will likely continue in 2022.   Ken Eriksen says farmers should be prepared for product shortages and increasing input costs. “The farmers are still [Read More…]

Iowa farmers who seeded a cover crop this fall can apply for a crop insurance discount. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says those eligible can receive a $5 reduction on their spring premiums for every [Read More…]

Michigan Farm Bureau’s most popular promotion and educational outreach tool throughout the pandemic will continue into 2022. Julie Stephenson, chair of the state promotion and education committee, tells Brownfield FARM crates are a subscription box [Read More…]

A prominent Midwestern weed scientist is hearing about a possible label change for dicamba. The University of Missouri’s Dr. Kevin Bradley says he has no idea what changes would be but he’s hearing it could [Read More…]

The Swine Health Information Center is monitoring for the reemergence of a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus that spread through the upper-Midwest last fall. SHIC director, Dr. Paul Sundberg, tells Brownfield unlike most strains, [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will cover the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo to be held January 17-20, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. …     

A Kansas State University researcher is developing tools to help U.S. pig farmers in the fight against African Swine Fever.  Megan Niederwerder says she’s researching how ASF would survive and transmit after it’s been detected [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, and feeders were mixed watching corn and waiting for direct business to develop.  December live cattle closed $1.05 lower at $135.87 and February live cattle closed [Read More…]