Month: December 2025

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.0150 at $0.7050.  Four sales were recorded at $0.71. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.03 at $1.3675.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.40.  No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were down $0.0275 at $1.44. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4375 to $1.44.  Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0025 at $1.1550.  Seven sales were recorded at that price.  The post [Read More…]

An extension ag economist is watching soybean export business to close out what should be a quiet end to 2025. Chad Hart with Iowa State University says there’s typically not a lot of market activity [Read More…]

An ag economics professor at Kansas State University says the concerns of today’s ag economy are different than the 1980s farm crisis.   Megan Hughes says there have been a few changes. “We were seeing [Read More…]

The USDA continues to develop a vaccine strategy for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Minnesota turkey grower John Zimmerman, a past president of the National Turkey Federation, says he hopes stakeholders have an opportunity to weigh [Read More…]

A market analyst says high input costs could discourage farmers from planting corn in 2026. Tanner Ehmke with CoBank says he expects an acreage shift to soybeans. “Soybeans really step out as the one taking [Read More…]

A north central Illinois farmer says that long-term use of conservation practices is helping his fields cope with weather extremes. Brian Corkill, who farms in Henry County, says cover crops and minimal tillage have increased [Read More…]

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A market analyst says there’s some cautious optimism about the direction of commodity markets in 2026. Tanner Ehmke is the lead economist for grains and oilseeds at CoBank and says, “We think the lows for [Read More…]