Year: 2026

Soybean export sales fell to a marketing year low during the week ending April 30th. The USDA says old crop soybean sales were below average and while China was the leading buyer, it was a [Read More…]

A west central Indiana farmer says another year of lower farm incomes has led to changes in his operation. Jason Brier, who grows corn and soybeans and does custom work in Warren and Fountain Counties, [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were lower on Thursday except for nonfat dry milk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.6950.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.03 at $1.63.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5950 to $1.63.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0150 at $1.60.  No sales were recorded.  [Read More…]

Minnesota farmers faced inconsistent weather during the first month of planting. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says overall, progress is ahead of normal. “We had crops starting to be planted even as [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer says farmers critically need the certainty of permanent, year-round sales of E15 fuel blends. “Corn farmers are worried. They want to see E15 come about as being a year-round solution to [Read More…]

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says a cattle herd in northern Michigan has been confirmed with bovine tuberculosis. The department says the herd in Iosco County was identified after a cow tested positive [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region into the middle and northern Atlantic States, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail west [Read More…]