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Mar. corn closed at $4.40 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.63, up 11 and 1/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $284.10, up $4.60Jan. soybean oil closed at 40.01, up 46 [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were down sharply ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed numbers, out Friday afternoon. Ahead of the report, on average, analysts expect all major categories to be [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Contracts found some new interest near the recent mutli-year lows, helped out by good weekly sales and unknown destinations buying U.S. beans Thursday morning. The weekly total [Read More…]

USDA says milk production in the 24 major producing states was down 0.8% from a year ago.  The November production totaled 17.2 billion pounds.  Nationwide, production was down 1% at 17.9 billion pounds. The number [Read More…]

An ag banker says he expects a credit culture shift for farm businesses looking at renewals.   Barry Benson, Vice President of Agribusiness Banking with Nebraska-based First National Bank of Omaha, tells Brownfield lower commodity [Read More…]

A market analyst sees a surplus of corn and soybeans overshadowing a year of strong demand. Naomi Blohm is senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing. “The theme has been bigger production, bigger supply. Demand [Read More…]

The USDA says corn and soybean export sales were up during the week ending December 12th. The week-to-week increases for beans, corn, and a few other key commodities were due to some buyers trying to [Read More…]

The director of Ohio’s Department of Agriculture says the agency is committed to preserving the state’s farmland. Brian Baldridge says an additional $6 million was recently allocated to 42 groups across the state. “As far [Read More…]

An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says corn stunt disease expanded its presence in the U.S. in 2024. Mandy Bish says the disease is carried by the corn leaf hopper. “We’ve been able [Read More…]

A dynamic storm system currently crossing the upper Midwest will race southeastward, reaching the middle Atlantic Coast late Friday.  Thereafter, most of the atmospheric energy will remain offshore, although snowy, breezy weather may graze the [Read More…]

There is potential for U.S. agriculture to become greenhouse gas negative. New research co-authored by a Kansas State University agronomy professor suggests small changes could make a significant impact for the industry. Dr. Chuck Rice [Read More…]

The recently released Continuing Resolution includes a one-year extension to the farm bill. If passed, Congress will have another shot to get a five-year bill across the finish line in 2025. Chuck Conner, president and [Read More…]

Wisconsin now has it’s third case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry this year, and second case in a week. The Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection confirmed Wednesday that a backyard flock [Read More…]

AGCO officials say the company’s new Technician Training Center is an investment in the future. Ash Alt, manager of after sales technical training for North America, says the $5 million, 22,000-foot facility prepares the next [Read More…]

An ag meteorologist says it likely won’t be a white Christmas for most growing regions across the Midwest. Greg Soulje tells Brownfield, “We really do have some significant snow cover on the ground out of [Read More…]

2024 broiler sets and placements remain on a faster than 2023 pace. The USDA says 247.104 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators last week, up 1.756 million from the prior week and 3% above [Read More…]

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced seven additional states to participate in the agency’s National Milk Testing Strategy. The program launched at the beginning of December requires processing plants to test [Read More…]

A former ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture says protecting food security is essential to ensuring national security. Kip Tom says depending on foreign competitors for ag products puts the U.S. [Read More…]

An Extension educator says spray drone adoption has lagged for non-row crop farmers. Michigan State University Extension’s Michael Reinke tells Brownfield, “Because most of the research in the past and the adoption has been in [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, mostly lower ahead of direct business.  Feeders closed higher on the lower move in corn.  February live cattle closed $.22 lower at $189.75 and April live [Read More…]