Month: April 2024

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, watching direct business unfold.  June lives closed $.25 higher at $175.85 and August lives closed $.62 higher at $173.32.  May feeder cattle closed $1.30 [Read More…]

May corn closed at $4.35 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/2 cents May soybeans closed at $11.80, down 2 and 1/4 cents May soybean meal closed at $333.50, up $3.50 May soybean oil closed at [Read More…]

Soybeans were mostly lower, adjusting spreads. Contracts were down for most of the day on the profit taking losses in soybean and palm oils, but far off deferred contracts did finish firm. That far off [Read More…]

A historic donation will strengthen faculty support and foster agricultural innovation at Vincennes University in Indiana. The donation from Ro and Charles Whittington of Columbus, IN, will create the Whittington Endowed Faculty Fund to address [Read More…]

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Biden administration is taking the cross-species outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza very seriously. “The Center for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, the White House, the [Read More…]

An extension corn agronomist encourages farmers to watch costs as margins get tighter. Jeff Coulter with the University of Minnesota says most farmers probably won’t pull back significantly on crop inputs. “Basic things like soil [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol exports declined for a second consecutive month. The Renewable Fuels Association says ethanol exports of 139 million gallons were down 7% from January, with Canada taking the top spot for the 35th month [Read More…]

The month of April has brought significant moisture to much of the Midwest. Central Illinois farmer, and Illinois Soybean Association chairman, Ron Kindred tells Brownfield it was needed… “We’d had some abnormally dry weather and [Read More…]

The wintery weather pattern that brought snow to much of Wisconsin this week has kept most farmers out of their fields. Ben Augustine has a dairy and crop operation near Sheldon in north central Wisconsin. He [Read More…]