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A southwest Wisconsin farmer says 13 inches since the start of June has been plentiful for crops this season. Darin Von Ruden tells Brownfield, “Some of the early planted corn is already putting on some [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on fund and technical buying. Parts of the region will see near-term rainfall, but it could miss some areas, and long-term forecasts are mostly hot and dry. These conditions at these [Read More…]

A southwest Michigan blueberry grower says harvest this past month has been tempered by winter injury and several spring frosts. Tom Bodke tells Brownfield, “Our pickouts are not as much as we were expecting.” “We’re [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.49 and 1/2, up 4 and 3/4 centsAug. soybeans $12.26, up 21 and 1/2 centsAug. soybean meal $323.50, up $3.30Aug. soybean oil 74.68, down 13 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.74, down 8 and 3/4 [Read More…]

Not many changes to U.S. corn and soybean condition ratings over the past week as high heat blankets much of the Midwest and Plains. Still, state-by-state, the numbers vary widely, and both of those crops [Read More…]

Corn export inspections continue to make a strong push into the end of the marketing year. The USDA says the amount of corn that left U.S. during the week ending July 16th was up on [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed on Monday to start the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6950. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 to $1.63. Five sales were recorded ranging from $1.6275 to $1.63.  Cheese barrels were up $0.0150 to $1.6275. No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0175 to $1.5725. Nine sales were recorded ranging [Read More…]