Month: October 2023

Cari Slater from Brevant Seeds says there are a couple of bright spots for forage quality this year, but many producers are wishing they had more quantity to go with the quality. …     

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Harvest for corn and soybeans continues to pick up pace, but both are behind last year and the 5-year average.  Corn harvest is 59% complete and 91% mature.  Soybean harvest is 27% complete with 65% [Read More…]

Rain and frost limited some harvest activity across Minnesota last week. USDA’s latest crop report says freezing temperatures and wet conditions made an impact, but corn harvest remains ahead of the five-year average at 31 [Read More…]

Corn harvest is getting closer to completion, while soybean and cotton harvests are gaining momentum.  Yields across the board are better than average with many farmers reporting record production.  Corn is 71% harvested with 97% [Read More…]

Harvest is running about a week ahead of normal in Iowa. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says corn harvest is six days ahead of the five-year average at 30 percent complete. Soybeans are 52 percent [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, and feeders were mostly lower waiting for the week’s direct business to develop.  December live cattle closed $.35 lower at $185 and February lives closed $.30 [Read More…]

Arkansas farmers made good harvest progress last week, with corn and rice growers nearing the finish line. The USDA reports as of Sunday 96% of corn is harvested, followed by rice at 89%, soybeans at [Read More…]

Cool wet weather continued to keep Michigan’s harvest pace behind the five-year average for last week. As of Sunday, the USDA says corn is rated at 55 percent good to excellent with 96 percent dented, [Read More…]

The USDA says Ohio farmers made modest harvest progress last week despite relatively high corn moisture levels. Nine percent of corn was harvested as of Sunday, below the five-year average pace of 16%, with 63% [Read More…]

Smithfield Foods has announced it is closing its pork-processing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Production will be transferred to the company’s Tar Heel, North Carolina facility to increase efficiency and better utilize capacity.  A spokesperson [Read More…]