Month: September 2025

Extended periods of high temperatures and a lack of rainfall are impacting crop and field conditions around the state. Tony Hancock with the Missouri Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield it doesn’t take long to see [Read More…]

The USDA says the sorghum harvest has begun in South Dakota. Monday’s crop progress report shows 1% of the crop is harvested, with 53% mature, and 91% coloring. Thirty-one percent of the state’s corn crop [Read More…]

The Vice President of the Michigan Soybean Committee says the warm and dry August likely took the top end off of yields across the state. Sanilac County’s Scott Wilson tells Brownfield, “The soybeans and the [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. It looks like nothing pertaining to ag came out of this round of talks with China. Beijing has yet to buy any new crop U.S. soybeans, [Read More…]

A western Illinois farmer says harvest activity is picking up in his area. Tim Thompson grows corn and soybeans in Morgan County. “The starting gun has went off.”  He says, “I’m hearing, I guess, a [Read More…]

Iowa’s state climatologist says short-term outlooks show rain could be likely across parts of the Corn Belt later this week. Justin Glisan says the recent trend has been hot and dry. “In September, we are [Read More…]

The USDA says grain and oilseed export inspections during the week ending September 11th were mostly above what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2025/26 marketing year began June 1st for [Read More…]

The U.S. and China held trade discussions in Madrid, Spain over the weekend. Ag economist Greg McBride with Allendale says disputes over tariffs were a focal point. “I don’t think these (meetings) have anything to [Read More…]

The president of American Foods Group says that finding adequate labor remains the top challenge for the meat-packing industry. “The reality is there’s jobs in this industry that there is no local person who is [Read More…]

Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Board Member Kyle Durham says Missouri Soybean farmers are once again partnering with the University of Missouri to promote biodiesel and other soybean products. The post Mizzou Tigers: Fueled by Biodiesel [Read More…]