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Cash dairy prices were mostly higher and milk futures were sharply higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday. August Class Three milk was up $.13 at $14.99.    September was up $.29 to $15.99. October was [Read More…]

A central Indiana farmer has been elected to the National Corn Growers Association Corn Board. Denny Maple raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and hogs in Howard County. “It’s been a long time since Indiana had any [Read More…]

The USDA reports old crop soybean export sales for the week ending August 2nd topped most pre-report expectations. The 2017/18 marketing year runs through the end of August for beans, corn, and sorghum, and through [Read More…]

Farmers for Free Trade continues to push back against the Trump administration’s tariffs in a new campaign. The group says it plans to advertise in states that will be hit the hardest by Chinese retaliatory [Read More…]

USDA leadership expects more details on the Market Facilitation Program to be announced the week of Labor Day. Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce tells Brownfield his staff will be helping farmers sign up for [Read More…]

The USDA says U.S. soybean exports for the first nine months of the fiscal year are down 10 percent in value and 6 percent in volume.    But, USDA Outlook Board chairman Seth Meyer says [Read More…]

Much of the organic farming in the U.S. is still being done on a fairly small-scale basis. But that’s not the case for the Rhea Brothers farm of Arlington, Nebraska. “We farm 11,000 acres and [Read More…]

Many people are wondering if President Trump’s support among farmers and other rural Americans is slipping because of his trade policies. Recent polls offer slightly different answers to that question. A new Farm Futures survey [Read More…]

The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) has filed a brief with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to support its case against the USDA’s withdrawal of the GIPSA rule last year. Joe Maxwell is the [Read More…]

Drought in some areas of Missouri is changing harvest plans for growers in its path.  Some corn will make no yield at all, according to agronomist Ryan Dunsbergen. “There are a lot of people who [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures ended the day mixed to mostly higher in a tight trading range despite outside pressure.  Feeder cattle had a more impressive showing, much of which can be [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. The trade is watching weather, with dry conditions for parts of the U.S., most of Canada’s canola crop, and some palm oil areas of southeast [Read More…]

Every farmer enrolled in the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program in one Michigan county was audited in 2016.  Since then, feelings toward the Farm Service Agency have been heated. More than 1,400 contracts were reviewed by [Read More…]

Missouri cattle producers in drought areas are also struggling. Some are looking to truck in water for their cattle as pond levels shrink. Some are cutting corn for silage and looking to buy more as [Read More…]

Last week’s average daily ethanol production was the second highest on record. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.1 million barrels a day, 8,000 less than the previous all-time high hit during the [Read More…]

 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the World Dairy Expo October 2-6 in Madison, Wisconsin.       Continue reading World Dairy Expo at Brownfield Ag News.      

Direct cash cattle trade is quiet with just a few starter bids noted in Kansas at $110 live.  Asking prices are around $115 to $116 live and $180 to $185 dressed.  Packer inquiry is expected [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground for the Lt. Governor’s Celebration of Agriculture 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, August 16 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis. Continue reading Indiana Lt. Governor’s Celebration of Agriculture [Read More…]

Recent ag nuisance rulings against hog operations in North Carolina have resulted in large financial awards to the plaintiffs. But the legal counsel for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Eldon McAfee, says those rulings aren’t likely [Read More…]

Amie Sites will be on the ground for the Purdue Panel on August USDA Crop Report at 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 10 on the Indiana State Fair Grounds. Continue reading Purdue Panel on August USDA [Read More…]