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Wisconsin’s 79th Alice in Dairyland says the state fair is a perfect way to connect consumers with agriculture.   Anastasia Poull says the fair food opens the door to education. “Not everyone gets to see some of that background on how your milk gets [Read More…]

A Southwest Wisconsin teen says she’s excited to exhibit at her first Wisconsin State Fair.   Cassidy Crooks says she’s watched her siblings show for years, but now it’s her turn. “On Tuesday, I’ll be showing my crossbred breeding ewe lamb,” she says.  “She’s about six [Read More…]

Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom is celebrating 40 years. Foundation director Ann Marie Ward says the impact of the ag literacy program has been remarkable. “What started as an idea to put agriculture back into [Read More…]

The chairman of the American Sugar Alliance says more economic aid from Congress would help sugar farmers navigate weather disasters and economic uncertainty. “It would be great to get some disaster and economic aid back [Read More…]

Two Missouri farmers say the early August rain has been welcome for the crops. Drew Lock in northeast Missouri says the soybeans have been soaking it up. “There’s a lot of potential out there. This [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed on spread trade, and feeder cattle were higher on tight supplies.  October live cattle closed $.35 higher at $225.27 and December live cattle closed $.22 lower [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling, adding slightly to the week’s losses. Near-term weather forecasts continue to generally look favorable in much of the region. China bought 238,000 tons of new crop [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.39, unchangedSep. soybeans $11.59, down 1 centSep. soybean meal $308.90, down $2.70Sep. soybean oil 68.24, up 50 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.39 and 3/4, up 8 and 1/2 centsOct. live cattle $225.27, up 35 [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed to end the week Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6950. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 to $1.555-. Four sales were reported ranging from $1.5350 to $1.5550.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5475. No sales were reported.  Butter was down $0.0375 to $1.5125. Twelve sales were reported ranging from $1.5125 to $1.55.  Nonfat dry [Read More…]

A farm equipment specialist says an abundant supply is softening the price of used combines. Jeff Madsen is the remarketing manager for CLAAS of America and tells Brownfield there’s a large inventory available. “Coming off [Read More…]

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says he’ll bring the farm bill back up for another vote after lawmakers return from the August recess. “We’ll see if we can just push this thing [Read More…]

Farmland sales are heating up across Iowa this summer. Base Camp Country Real Estate land specialist Randy Thompson says the market is gaining strength with a recent sale in northeast Iowa’s Grundy County eclipsing $18,000 [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican covers the UNL Soybean Management Field Day. The post UNL Soybean Management Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

The potential for continued profitability in the cattle sector. Ag Economist Wesley Tucker with University of Missouri Extension says the cattle sector is in an unusually strong position, because cattle supplies remain tight. Hear more [Read More…]

The global crop intelligence lead for a remote sensing and analytics company is mostly bullish on the U.S. corn crop. Nick Ohrtman is with EarthDaily. “The way I’d probably sum up the year, especially for [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on profit taking.  October live cattle closed $4.55 lower on $224.92 and December live cattle closed $4.30 lower at $224.37.  September feeder cattle closed [Read More…]

The CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says he’s optimistic the USDA will follow through in its decision to reopen the U.S. border to cattle imports from Mexico later this month. Colin Woodall says it’s [Read More…]

A fire at a processing plant in northeast Iowa is expected to reduce kosher beef production by more than 10 percent. Rabbi Moshe Elefant is the CEO of OU Kosher, the largest kosher certification agency [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. It was an up and down day, with traders looking at favorable development weather, but contracts eventually found some support and crude oil was higher. [Read More…]

The president of Missouri Farm Bureau says he’s disappointed the U.S. Senate Ag Committee failed to advance a farm bill ahead of the August recess. “We have been calling on Congress for some time to [Read More…]