Ag News

The USDA says wheat export sales for the week ending October 25th topped most pre-report expectations, while corn and soybeans were below analysts’ estimates. Physical shipments of corn remain well ahead of the USDA’s projected [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, a low-pressure system centered over the lower Ohio Valley is producing heavy rain and halting fieldwork from Missouri into the lower Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, upper Midwestern field conditions are [Read More…]

A slow-moving cold front will drift eastward, sparking heavy, late-week rain across a broad area. Storm total rainfall could reach 1 to 3 inches or more throughout the eastern U.S. In contrast, dry weather will [Read More…]

Arlan Suderman, chief commodities analyst for INTL FCStone, says the next few weeks leading up to the anticipated meeting between President Trump and Chinese president Xi in Argentina, will probably determine if the trade war [Read More…]

The federal EPA has extended the registration of dicamba for two years for “over-the-top” weed control in dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The agency also placed some additional restrictions on use of the product. Here is the [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher Wednesday as traders took back over sold positions. October closed unchanged at $15.54.  November two cents higher at $14.79.  December 12 cents higher at [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed mostly higher on continued strength from wholesale values.  Strong consumer confidence continues to help domestic beef demand.  Feeder cattle futures closed sharply higher, supported by the [Read More…]

A coalition of groups wants a court to immediately stop enforcement of a Missouri law that prohibits misrepresenting products as meat unless the product comes from animals. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, The Good Food [Read More…]

Another year of large corn and soybean crops combined with trade uncertainties is adding more pressure to commodity prices. Sam Miller with BMO Harris says soybean farmers have been hit especially hard.  “Soybean supplies are [Read More…]

An economist at CoBank is skeptical about 5G wireless technology solving rural broadband challenges. Jeff Johnston with CoBank says 5G, seen as a much faster successor to 3G and 4G broadband, faces high costs, as [Read More…]

A Northeast Missouri farmer tells Brownfield his crop story this year is like “The Tale of Two Cities” – the best of times and the worst of times. Jay Schutte, who farms near the town of [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol stocks hit a more than one-month low last week as blending demand increases. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says domestic supplies dropped 1.151 million barrels to 22.746 million, the third week in a [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground in Kansas City for the November Breakfast Meeting of the Agriculture Business Council of Kansas City, featuring USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky on Friday, November 2.   [Read More…]

Soybean planting in Brazil is off to a record fast start in many areas of the country. Market analyst Arlan Suderman with INTL FCStone says that’s significant. “Because that means soybeans available for export a [Read More…]

A market specialist expects a shift away from soybean acres next spring.  Todd Hubbs with the University of Illinois says, “We might be seeing with profiting margins narrowing in a lot of crops some switch back [Read More…]

The largest dairy operation in the United Arab Emirates stays profitable by making its own consumer products.  Dr. Ahmed El Tigani with Al Rawabi Dairy Company tells Brownfield it was hard to make a profit [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s State Veterinarian has quarantined a Dane County dairy herd after tests confirmed bovine tuberculosis in two animals.  State Veterinarian Dr. Darlene Konkle says, “Meat inspectors identified a carcass during a routine slaughter inspection earlier this [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says he doesn’t advise lawmakers on the farm bill. The House and Senate farm bill versions are still in conference committee, “They’re more than capable. They’re the legislative branch. And this [Read More…]

Drought and forage losses in recent years have brought more attention to forage insurance. University of Missouri economist Ryan Millhollin tells Brownfield the drought of 2012 got the interest going and the number of buyers [Read More…]

Hadley Stiefvater of the McCook Central FFA Chapter in South Dakota won the Agriculture Research and Animal Systems Proficiency Award at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this past week. Hadley built a project around [Read More…]