Ag News

The chief ag trade negotiator for the U.S. says collateral damage to agriculture from trade disputes could get worse before it gets better. Speaking at World Pork Expo, Gregg Doud said there are no silver [Read More…]

An ag economist says more farmers are getting loans through implement dealers than they were ten years ago. Todd Kuethe with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield over the last decade, about a third of [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on spread trade, profit taking, and position squaring ahead of the week’s widespread direct cash business. June was up $.07 at $108.37 and August was down [Read More…]

The USDA Ag Census has gotten back just over half of the questionnaires it has sent out to gather data on this year’s farming operations. Bob Garino is USDA’s statistician in Missouri, “It’s not as [Read More…]

Jul. corn closed at $3.76 and 1/4, down 2 cents Jul. soybeans closed at $9.74 and 1/4, down 20 cents Jul. soybean meal closed at $358.40, down $6.60 Jul. soybean oil closed at 30.60, down 5 points Jul. wheat closed at $5.26 and 3/4, up 7 cents Jun. [Read More…]

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach says farmers are concerned about trade disputes, but he says they understand the trade playing field has not been level. “There are tariffs in place and sanitary and phytosanitary complications [Read More…]

Eating some dairy foods is better than none but are we getting enough? Erin McGraw, nutritionist with the St. Louis Dairy Council says most of us are not getting the highly recommended three servings of dairy [Read More…]

Wheat Stem maggots have been spotted in South Dakota winter wheat fields, but researchers are still working to track the peak of wheat stem maggot adult flights. SDSU extension Entomologist, Adam Varenhorst says It’s not [Read More…]

Merck Animal Health calls its vaccine technology Sequivity innovative and highly advanced. Merck swine technical services veterinarian Dr. Kimberly Crawford tells Brownfield it’s also precise, safe, and flexible. She says Sequivity uses a platform that [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling, with the July contract establishing a new four-month low. The U.S. crop is in good shape and most near-term forecasts have rain, but it is early [Read More…]

The dairy markets were up for a second day following a four-day downturn at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday.  Class Three June milk was up $.11 to $15.42. July was up $.15 to $16.04.  August [Read More…]

The pork industry continues to prepare for the next foreign animal disease outbreak. In his opening comments during a National Pork Board news conference at World Pork Expo Wednesday, NPB vice president of science and [Read More…]

The USDA reports combined old and new crop soybean export sales for the week ending May 31st were below pre-report expectations. The 2017/18 marketing year for wheat ended May 31st. It continues through August for [Read More…]

The Senate Ag Committee plans to discuss its version of the farm bill next Wednesday. Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow say the committee will go over the draft bill and any possible [Read More…]

Hello everyone, I’m Rhiannon Branch and I just started my summer as a News Assistant for Brownfield. I hail from the small town of Iuka in southern Illinois and although I did not grow up [Read More…]

  Bayer completed the acquisition of Monsanto stock today but company leaders say it will take some time before they stop using the Monsanto name. Bayer Crop Science Division President Liam Condon says, “Some authorities [Read More…]

An Iowa Senator is speaking out about President Trump’s decision to delay possible changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard.  Chuck Grassley says, “Thankfully, anti-ethanol forces were stopped by President Trump.” Chuck Grassley says the proposed deal [Read More…]

The tight labor market in rural areas is a major concern to pork producers.  At World Pork Expo, we discussed the issue with Jen Sorensen with Iowa Select Farms, which has 1,200 employees in Iowa. Sorensen also serves [Read More…]

RaboBank livestock market analyst Don Close says weather continues to be the single-most disruptive influence in the U.S. beef complex. Drought conditions forced the early placement of calves into feed yards, which substantially increased cattle on [Read More…]

At World Pork Expo on Wednesday, we stopped by the Nedap Livestock Management booth to visit with a couple of pork producers who own and/or manage facilities that have transitioned from gestation stalls to group [Read More…]