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Winter wheat harvest has wrapped up for many Missouri farmers, and the crop has been good quality. Brice Fischer from west-central Missouri recently told Brownfield it was one of the muddiest wheat harvests he’s had [Read More…]

A technical service representative with BASF says the recent heat wave may have slowed down development of tar spot during the day. However, Katie Stratham tells Brownfield… “Tar spot likes moderate temperatures, 60-to-70-degree temperatures, and [Read More…]

USDA’s acreage report, released earlier this week, didn’t surprise analysts with more corn, soybean and cotton acres, fewer rice and wheat acres than what was estimated in the USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report. An ag [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on cash and wholesale pressure. August live cattle closed $2.60 lower at $239.22 and October live cattle closed $2.45 lower at $234.30.  August feeder [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.23, up 1/4 centAug. soybeans $11.36 and 1/4, up 3 centsAug. soybean meal $305.50, up 20 centsAug. soybean oil 66.77, up 8 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $5.99 and 3/4, down 1/4 centAug. live cattle [Read More…]

The vice president of Minnesota Farm Bureau is concerned the farm bill could get held up in the Senate. Carolyn Olson says the Federation is pleased Senate Ag Committee chair John Boozman released a draft [Read More…]

A significant increase in lamb prices is helping young farmers expand into the industry. Sam and Chase Bos work as agriscience teachers in West Michigan while supporting the family’s commercial ewe operation. “The lamb market [Read More…]

The program director with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy says the latest iteration of the farm bill being discussed by Congress raises concerns around conservation funding. During a recent IATP webinar, Michael Happ [Read More…]

Bayer has announced a restructuring of its U.S. glyphosate business, creating a new entity called Ruveon. The company says Ruveon will focus on all aspects of glyphosate including pricing, go-to-market strategies, production and logistics. It [Read More…]

A crop protection specialist says growers should consider adding adjuvants to tank mixes when using spray drones. On this episode of Managing for Profit, the strategic marketing manager of adjuvants for WinField United discusses how [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s continuing to monitor New World screwworm developments in the southern part of the country. The Iowa Republican tells Brownfield the pest hasn’t pushed too far north. “They are making [Read More…]

An agronomist in southwest Minnesota is giving crops high marks. Jacob Foley is with DEKALB/Asgrow. “I’d give this year so far, I’d give it an ‘A’ I think.” He says crop development is ahead of [Read More…]

The chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says he’s supportive of a farm bill draft that’s been released in the U.S. Senate. Glenn “GT” Thompson from Pennsylvania says it looks different from the House’s [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. There was renewed talk about China buying U.S. beans ahead of Thursday’s export sales report. No new sales to China have been announced yet this week, [Read More…]

The chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says he’s supportive of a farm bill draft that’s been released in the U.S. Senate. Glenn “GT” Thompson from Pennsylvania says it looks different from the House’s [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. There was renewed talk about China buying U.S. beans ahead of Thursday’s export sales report. No new sales to China have been announced yet this week, [Read More…]

Questions loom over the status of E15 legislation in the U.S. Senate.  “Mixed signals is very accurate.” Iowa Farm Bureau president Brent Johnson says he’s heard members of Congress say E15 can’t pass on its [Read More…]

An ag economist says declining farm income trends continue to raise concerns across the farm economy. Scott Irwin, professor and chair of agricultural marketing at the University of Illinois, says the downward movement has occurred [Read More…]

A market analyst says it remains to be seen if Iran begins to make purchases of U.S. ag goods. Jim McCormick is with AgMarket.Net and says, “That’s the hard part about it because we’re dealing with [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production rose to a multi-month high last week, propelled by margins and demand expectations. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.117 million barrels per day, the highest since mid-April, and up [Read More…]