Ag News

Rice harvest is underway in Arkansas and extension specialist Jarrod Hardke says it’s earlier than normal.  “There’s a lot more rice scattered around up and down the state, all the way up to the Missouri [Read More…]

The senior director of plant foods for MFA Incorporated, an ag cooperative based in Missouri and adjacent states, says most fertilizer values heading into fall aren’t at their lowest, but the outlook is better than [Read More…]

The USDA has issued more than $14 million in farm-to-school grants that will support 154 projects in 43 states. Fiona Munro, who is based in central Illinois, says the grants build on a program that’s [Read More…]

A Michigan dairy farmer says weaker feed prices and good supplies have boosted optimism for the year ahead. Doug Chapin is the chairman of the Michigan Milk Producers Association. “We’re feeling very comfortable on our [Read More…]

An ag lobbyist says she expects to see a proposed rule from USDA soon as the agency works to create a new carbon market verification program. Samantha Buchalter with the Russell Group helps manage the [Read More…]

The USDA’s weekly broiler hatchery numbers continue to imply a year-to-year increase in chicken production. 250.597 million broiler-type eggs were put into incubation last week, 2.163 million higher than the week before and 4% above [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures from the northern half of the Plains to the Atlantic Coast States, excluding Florida and southern Georgia, while hotter-than-normal [Read More…]

Josh Linville, the vice president of fertilizer for Stone X Financial Inc., says some fall and spring fertilizer prices have moved higher, which could make input decisions more challenging. The post Grain prices move lower, [Read More…]

Work continues on the 10th edition of the Dietary Guidelines.  Shalene McNeill, the executive director of nutrition research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the guidelines are updated every five years and will be [Read More…]

A policy expert with the National Corn Growers Association says she’s hopeful the Mexican decree banning genetically modified corn imports will be overturned before the end of the year. Nancy Martinez says U.S. lawyers made [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were mostly lower ahead of the week’s direct cash business. October live cattle closed $.05 higher at $179.05, and December lives closed $.20 lower [Read More…]

A new processing facility is helping Michigan sugarbeet growers capture additional returns from the same acres. Michigan Sugar Company’s Rob Clark tells Brownfield a Molasses Desugarization Facility at the company’s Bay City site is extracting [Read More…]

A new alliance plans to convert a milk byproduct into ethanol for sustainable aviation fuel. Canadian-based Dairy Distillery CEO Omid McDonald tells Brownfield this isn’t the first time the technology has been used. “In the [Read More…]

According to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, farmer sentiment improved slightly from last month. Jim Mintert with Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture tells Brownfield the rise was surprising. “Given that we saw weakness, [Read More…]

Some cattle producers say they are cautiously optimistic about the continued strength in the markets. Lisa Kubik of Traer tells Brownfield live and feeder cattle futures continue to trade near all-time highs. “Cattle prices the [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices closed mixed Tuesday the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey down $0.0125 at $0.5975. Four sales were made from $0.5975 to $0.6050. Blocks up $0.06 at $1.90. One sale was made at $1.88. [Read More…]

Farmers attending Minnesota Farmfest are wondering if a low is in for the grain markets.  CHS grain originator Patti Uhrich spoke on grain marketing Tuesday morning and took questions from the audience, including a farmer [Read More…]

A federal court in Delaware has ruled Corteva Agriscience can proceed with its lawsuit against Inari Agriculture. According to court records, US District Judge John Murphy denied Inari’s motion to dismiss the case on Monday. [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says the rising number of layoffs in the ag equipment industry shouldn’t come as a surprise. “You can’t expect farmers to buy a lot of new equipment when corn is losing [Read More…]

An ag lobbyist says House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson is expected to find a way to get more Commodity Credit Corporation funding to support changes to a new farm bill and “we all [Read More…]