Ag News

Soybeans closed lower in a day of quiet trading because of the holiday. The USDA Crop Progress reports are out Tuesday with harvest data as of Sunday. Kansas and Missouri got snow and rain the [Read More…]

An agronomy specialist says a wet harvest has meant quality concerns in many parts of the Corn Belt. Nick Hustedde with FMC tells Brownfield a delayed harvest and disease issues in soybeans have meant some [Read More…]

Dec. corn closed at $3.71 and 1/4, up 1 and 1/2 cents Nov. soybeans closed at $8.71 and 3/4, down 3 and 1/2 cents Dec. soybean meal closed at $305.60, unchanged Dec. soybean oil closed [Read More…]

U.S. Grains Council leaders just returned from a trade mission to Mexico and Tom Sleight says it’s back to business as usual now that negotiations for the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement are wrapped up. Sleight, [Read More…]

U.S. Grains Council leaders just returned from a trade mission to Mexico and Tom Sleight says it’s back to business as usual now that negotiations for the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement are wrapped up. Sleight, [Read More…]

The president of the National Grain and Feed Association says the trade war with China has dramatically altered the flow of ag products. Speaking to Brownfield at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Randy [Read More…]

Brownfield News Director Julie Harker will be on the ground for the MU Crop Management Conference Dec. 18-19 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri. Continue reading MU Crop Management Conference at Brownfield [Read More…]

The president of the Livestock Marketing Association is working on transitioning his business to the next generation. Speaking to Brownfield at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Tom Frey of Creston, Iowa, says he’s [Read More…]

Bloomberg reports Cargill, ADM, and Bunge have made a deal with China to ship more soybeans from South America. The soybeans will be shipped from Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. U.S. farmers continue to be negatively [Read More…]

National Farm Medicine Center outreach specialist Melissa Ploeckelman says farms are increasingly becoming safer, but the number of accidents remains too high.       Continue reading Farm safety improving at Brownfield Ag News.      

An official with the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) says Cattle ID and traceability remains a hot-button issue. Chelsea Good tells Brownfield there is a national program for adult cattle moving across state lines. “We’re starting [Read More…]

The Livestock Marketing Association invited Jared Miller of Leon, Iowa, to be part of their booth at Trade Talk during the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City. Miller tells Brownfield he grew up around livestock [Read More…]

The top House Ag Committee leaders are back at the bargaining table today, working on the farm bill. Republican Chairman Mike Conaway and Democrat Collin Peterson, who will become the chairman in January, are scheduled [Read More…]

An agronomist with Winfield United says weather played a huge part in U.S. crop production this year. Speaking to Brownfield at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Andy Schmidt says extremes in heat and [Read More…]

An agronomist recommends a thorough look back before making decisions for 2019. Andy Schmidt with Winfield United says growers can begin with an evaluation of their fertility program. “Do I have a good soil test [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, ending the week narrowly mixed. The USDA numbers from Thursday were neutral to bearish, but the trade was focused on delays for the tail end [Read More…]

At every business meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), in the front of the room, sits a petite, white-haired woman who, for most of the time, says nothing, but Virginia Berberick is [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply lower on the recent lower beef trend, watching direct cash cattle business develop. Business in the North was steady to lower, while activity in the South waited [Read More…]

The U.S. Trade Representative’s top agricultural negotiator says the recent USMCA agreement improves access to Canadian dairy markets, but might not bring back demand for certain U.S. specialty products. Gregg Doud says, “The market in [Read More…]

The U.S. Trade Representative’s top agricultural negotiator says the recent USMCA agreement improves access to Canadian dairy markets, but might not bring back demand for certain U.S. specialty products. Gregg Doud says, “The market in [Read More…]