Month: May 2026

Two farmers in northeast Arkansas say the recent rains have been a welcome sight for the spring crops. Kenny Clark in Jackson County says several inches of rain means he won’t need to flush his [Read More…]

The pork industry is closely monitoring a recent detection of pseudorabies virus in some Iowa and Texas swine herds. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says five boars at a central Iowa commercial site tested positive [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says there were many twists and turns on the way to passing the farm bill. Minnesota Republican Brad Finstad tells Brownfield negotiations in the days leading up [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s network of weather-monitoring stations is seeing increased usage as farmers prepare for planting. Chris Kucharik with the University of Wisconsin says the Wisconet system has 80 monitoring stations so far, collecting new data every [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, adding to what would have already been a higher weekly finish. Beans followed bean oil to some degree, which was up on crush margins and demand expectations. [Read More…]

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe says he’s been talking with the USDA about ways to help farmers and ranchers impacted by the recent severe weather outbreak at the end of April. “We’ve had some very early [Read More…]

Drought conditions have improved in Missouri with the help of recent rains, but the state climatologist says extreme drought conditions linger in the southeast. “It’s a very regional drought right now.” Zach Leasor with the [Read More…]

An ag attorney says the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Durnell vs. Monsanto will likely impact crop protection availability for farmers. John Shoup with the Indiana Ag Law Foundation says the high court is split [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly steady on Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6975.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.64.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.63 to $1.6450.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.6150.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.03 at $1.5950. Twenty-one sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5725 to $1.60.  Nonfat dry [Read More…]

It’s been an on again, off again spring for northern Iowa farmer Casey Schlichting. “We went to an indoor track meet earlier this season for my daughter and it was 83 degrees outside, and then [Read More…]