Month: November 2022

Low levels on the Mississippi River are causing problems for the nation’s largest ag cooperative. CHS CEO Jay Debertin tells Brownfield every shipper is lightening loads and progress is being slowed. “Because tugs and barges [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed waiting for direct cash business to develop.  December live cattle closed $0.25 higher at $153.80 and February lives closed $.30 lower at $156.42.  January [Read More…]

The USDA has extended the comment period for the proposed Packers and Stockyards Act Rulemaking. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Tanner Beymer says the rule raises far more questions than it provides answers.  He says the [Read More…]

Some fertilizer prices are dropping, but a trade expert says many farmers are not seeing that lower price at home. Josh Linville with Stone X tells Brownfield urea markets have gone down. “We are seeing [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Crush margins are solid, overall demand is good, and soybean oil bounced off recent lows, but there’s not a lot of buying interest this week ahead of [Read More…]

Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Indiana poultry producers continue to address food insecurity in the state.  Over the past year, farmers have donated nearly 200,000 pounds of poultry products to Hoosiers [Read More…]

U.S. poultry production was up in October. The USDA says 4.592 billion pounds of poultry were certified as wholesome, up 5% on the year, including a 6% increase in chicken to 4.113 billion pounds, which [Read More…]