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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day sharply lower ahead of widespread direct business.  They were also pressured by poor export data and heavy supply concerns.  August live cattle closed $1.07 lower [Read More…]

Soybeans were mostly fractionally higher, mostly unable to follow through on the early strength. Contracts were up sharply at the open as weekly export sales were larger than expected, including big new crop sales to [Read More…]

Sep. corn closed at $3.61 and 1/2, up 2 and 1/4 cents Aug. soybeans closed at $8.61 and 1/4, up 1/2 cent Aug. soybean meal closed at $332.60, up $2.60 Aug. soybean oil closed at 28.15, down 26 points Sep. wheat closed at $5.36 and 1/2, down [Read More…]

President Trump told Iowa farmers he’s close to making a biofuels announcement.  “I’m very close, I have to tell you, to pulling off something that you’ve been looking forward to for many years, and that’s [Read More…]

The milk futures were down and cash dairy prices were up at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday. July Class Three milk was down $.04 at $14.14.   August was down $.07 at $14.85. September was down [Read More…]

Missouri’s U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt are requesting additional drought assistance from the USDA. A joint statement from the senators said Missouri is in the worst period of drought since 2012 and farmers [Read More…]

Corn growers nationwide can use their Twitter accounts to help diagnose corn diseases. Nathan Kleczewski, Plant Pathologist at the University of Illinois tells Brownfield pictures of corn disease symptoms can be posted along with twitter [Read More…]

Drought conditions have expanded in the Midwest. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 85% of Missouri is in some form of drought. Twenty-eight northern counties are experiencing the most severe conditions. Severe conditions are also [Read More…]

The Soil Health Partnership is working with farmers to link management practices like reduced tillage and cover crops to economic profitability. Illinois field manager Abigail Peterson says improving soil health isn’t enough for farmers facing [Read More…]

The vice president of the American Soybean Association says although the $12 billion aid package will help farmers, it’s unclear how it will be divided between commodities. Davie Stephens grows corn and soybeans in Western [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground for the Vegetable Grower’s field day at MU Bradford Research Center, Columbia, MO on Thursday August 2. Continue reading Vegetable Grower’s field day at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

The USDA reports combined old and new crop soybean export sales for the week ending July 19th were larger than what most analysts were expecting, while corn and wheat were within pre-report estimates. Physical shipments [Read More…]

The USDA is expecting flat to slightly higher prices at the grocery store this year. USDA food price economist Annemarie Kuhns says the latest grocery store food price forecast is flat to one percent higher. [Read More…]