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An Iowa-based agronomist says it’s been an impressive growing season in his coverage area. Greg Sheperd with Beck’s says crops in southeast Iowa look phenomenal. “It was a little bit cooler there through April and [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on fund and technical buying. Domestic demand continues to be solid, with the July NOPA member crush up on the month and year. The crush was smaller than expected at 216.647 [Read More…]

A dairy market analyst says tighter milk supplies could have an impact on the industry’s ability to produce dairy products moving forward. Sarah Jungman with AgMarket.net says the summer heat is making it more difficult to maintain [Read More…]

Corn export inspections remain on pace to meet USDA’s estimate for the current marketing year. The USDA says the top destinations for U.S. corn during the week ending August 13th were key trading partners Mexico [Read More…]

The vice president elect with the National Corn Growers Association says the proposed merger of two major rail companies is another example of consolidation impacting agriculture. “When the Surface Transportation Board started with this, there [Read More…]

The cattle industry continues to digest the news that Tyson has shuttered additional beef processing plants.  Illinois Beef Association Executive Vice President Josh St. Peters says the abrupt closure of Tyson’s Joslin, Illinois facility is [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, cementing a higher weekly finish. Crop weather continues to generally look favorable, but there are some areas of concern and August is the key month for bean [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on fund liquidation, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct business to develop. October live cattle closed $1.17 lower at $218.87 and December [Read More…]

U.S. grain shippers say two major rail companies have failed to meet minimum standards in their revised application to merge. Soy Transportation Coalition executive director Mike Steenhoek tells Brownfield Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.59, up 11 centsSep. soybeans $11.77 and 3/4, up 11 and 3/4 centsSep. soybean meal $310.20, up $2.80Sep. soybean oil 69.44, up 65 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.74 and 3/4, up 22 centsOct. live [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was up $0.02 to $0.69. One sale was reported at that price.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 to $1.60. No sales were reported.  Cheese barrels were unchanged [Read More…]

Drought is taking a toll on hay and forages in the Northern Plains. Kevin Deinert grows, corn, soybeans, and forage crops for their family cow-calf and feedlot operation near Mitchell in south-central South Dakota. “Pastures [Read More…]

A Bedford High School graduate received top honors during the Iowa State Fair’s livestock shows. “I brought a wether,” said 18-year-old Eli Johnson on Friday. “His name is Bennett.” Johnson is the 2026 FFA Grand [Read More…]

Farmers are bracing for a more expensive harvest and 2027 growing season. American Farm Bureau vice president of public policy and economic analysis John Newton says fuel and fertilizer costs are a major concern. “Going [Read More…]

Ag policy conversations are front and center at the 2026 Iowa State Fair. US Senator Chuck Grassley says fairgoers have been asking him about the future of the next five-year farm bill. “The five-year farm [Read More…]

Cautiously optimistic about a new farm bill.  Mark Bunselmeyer, president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, says he’s disappointed the Senate Ag Committee adjourned for the August recess without advancing a new five-year farm bill. [Read More…]

Missouri’s Attorney General Catherine Hanaway met with farmers at the Missouri State Fair on Thursday, and she says the rising fertilizer costs were a concern. “The Missouri attorney general has at their disposal a law [Read More…]

Market livestock shows and cured meat judging are underway at the Missouri State Fair, and several champions have been named. The Grand Champion Pen of Chickens belongs to Judd Lawson of the Osage River 4-H [Read More…]

A 4-H member from south-central Missouri showed the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market turkeys at this year’s state fair. Hazel Hawks tells Brownfield “My grand champion bird was a hen and her name was [Read More…]

A post-USDA rally could give farmers an opportunity to make sales ahead of harvest. Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge says the USDA’s August Supply and Demand report gave corn a more supportive outlook than [Read More…]