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A mix of weather patterns across the US Corn Belt is impacting planting progress and early crop development. Climatologist Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says drought conditions have improved in many parts [Read More…]

Indiana wheat growers are monitoring wheat disease risk. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension’s Darcy Telenko identifies what diseases cause the most damage to the plant and what farmers should do [Read More…]

Below normal temperatures and above average precipitation delayed some fieldwork across Missouri in the last week. USDA says corn planting is getting closer to wrapping up, now at 94 percent complete, ahead of average. Emergence [Read More…]

Scattered rains kept Arkansas farmers out of the fields for about half of last week.  The rains left farmers with just 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork but brought soil and subsoil moisture levels up.  Fifty-four [Read More…]

South Dakota’s wheat crop has benefitted from the recent rains. USDA says spring wheat conditions rated 55 percent good to excellent, an increase of 18 percentage points from the previous week. Ninety-two percent of the [Read More…]

Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted.  USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says 85% of the corn is planted with 52% of the crop already emerged.  That’s three days ahead of last year and two days [Read More…]

The National Milk Producers Federation is pleased with budget items passed by the House and sent to the Senate. Alan Bjerga tells Brownfield the U.S. House’s so-called big, beautiful bill for budget reconciliation has things [Read More…]

It was another solid week of planting progress for Kentucky farmers. According to the USDA’s Weekly Crop Progress report, 70 percent of the state’s corn crop has been planted, a 7 percent jump from last [Read More…]

Wet conditions limited field activities in Tennessee last week and crop quality is starting to decline. The USDA says 87 percent of corn is planted, 76 percent is emerged, and condition is rated 68 percent [Read More…]

Minnesota’s corn crop is off to a good start. USDA’s latest weekly crop progress report shows 69 percent rated in good to excellent condition, with planting 97-percent complete. South-central Minnesota farmer Tim Waibel tells Brownfield [Read More…]

An ag lending specialist is somewhat pessimistic about the farm economy the remainder of this year. Ashley Arrington with Ag Resource Management says this is not the time to take chances. “I don’t think it’s [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were all higher Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was up $0.0125 at $0.5550.  Five sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5450 to $0.5550.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.05 at $1.92.  [Read More…]

The Illinois Corn Marketing Board collaborates with Illinois FFA in various ways to help strengthen the future of agriculture by investing in its next generation. In this Managing for Profit, Owen Torrance, the current Illinois [Read More…]

Missouri Soybeans’ Grain Smart Field Day, on Wednesday, June 4th, features demonstrations for farmers and firefighters on how to prevent grain bin fatalities. The event, held at the Farm for Soy Innovation south of Columbia, [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions across portions of the interior Southeast.  Meanwhile, near- or below-normal rainfall in the Pacific [Read More…]

We all know the cost of inputs is high, but spending a little money on the right adjuvents for the chemicals in the sprayer can make them more efficient, saving farmers money, time, and water [Read More…]

Planting progress varies across the Midwest and Delta. While many farmers are finished with corn and soybeans, others have been rained out for weeks. Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist, Brad Allen, says that as planting [Read More…]

Weather has prompted a central Wisconsin dairy farmer to park the planter and harvest first-crop alfalfa. T.J. Draeger raises corn, soybeans, and alfalfa near Marathon City.  He tells Brownfield the frequent rains have made his [Read More…]

Jul. corn closed at $4.59 and 1/2, down 3 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $10.60 and 1/4, down 7 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $296.20, down $2.30Jul. soybean oil closed at 49.35, [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, feeders were up waiting on direct business to develop in the South and a head of Friday’s On Feed numbers.  June lives closed $.17 higher [Read More…]