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Mar. corn closed at $4.50 and 3/4, down 8 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $9.91 and 3/4, down 20 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $308.60, down $11.30Mar. soybean oil closed at 39.93, [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling, with the most active months still seeing a firm weekly gain. Forecasts remain dry for parts of South America, but crops are in generally good shape [Read More…]

University of Illinois Extension beef specialist Travis Meteer says ensuring cattle access to fresh water is crucial during bitter cold temperatures. “Sometimes the water situation becomes the most challenging, and so making sure we’ve got [Read More…]

Cash dairy at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was mostly higher Friday. The USDA says cash cheese barrels were up a half a cent at $1.83 per pound and 40-pound blocks were three quarters higher at [Read More…]

Cattle producers are taking extra steps to protect livestock from incoming bitter cold. Kansas State University Extension beef specialist Sandy Johnson says having established wind breaks is crucial. “Anything to cut the wind some is [Read More…]

An eastern Nebraska grain farmer says he’s approaching 2025 with some optimism. Quentin Connealy tells Brownfield he has a lot of grain currently in storage. “I don’t want to sit on it too long because [Read More…]

Ag equipment dealers are bracing for another challenging year. Kim Schmidt with Ag Equipment Intelligence says issues that weighed heavily on the industry in 2024 like high interest rates, high inventories, and low farmer sentiment [Read More…]

A Wisconsin dairy cooperative board has selected a new chief executive officer.  Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery’s board elevated Kevin Pieh from chief financial officer to CEO, a post Pieh has been serving on an interim basis [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were up sharply, watching direct trade develop at higher prices. February live was up $2 at $193.60 and April was $1.77 higher at $196.05. March feeders were [Read More…]

An eastern Iowa farmer is using ClearFlame technology to haul grain to his local ethanol plant. Lance Lillibridge grows corn and soybeans in Benton County and says he’s driving an International semi-truck with a Cummins [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Crop conditions in most of Brazil remain generally favorable, but southern areas and parts of Argentina could see a drier pattern soon. That also supported [Read More…]

Mar. corn closed at $4.59 and 1/2, up 1 centMar. soybeans closed at $10.12, up 1 and 1/2 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $319.90, up $3.00Mar. soybean oil closed at 40.27, down 9 pointsMar. wheat [Read More…]

Corn for ethanol use numbers were mixed in November. The USDA says 464.938 million bushels of corn were used for fuel alcohol production, less than 1% below October, but 2% above from November 2023 as [Read More…]

Broiler hatchery numbers closed out 2024 on a strong note when compared to the end of 2023. The USDA says 249.204 million eggs entered incubation, down 455,000 from the previous week, but up 4% from [Read More…]

The change in the weather has cattle producers taking a few extra precautions. Jared Geiser from Chilton, Wisconsin tells Brownfield producers need to keep the calories coming to give cattle the energy they need. “(They [Read More…]

Several counties in Missouri have been declared eligible for federal disaster assistance following a series of early November storms. FEMA has announced that federal funding is available to the state, eligible local governments, and certain [Read More…]

A northeastern Illinois farmer says the recent extension of the farm bill gives Congress more time to make improvements to the farm safety net. Chris Gould, who farms in Kane County and serves as a [Read More…]

A southeast Nebraska farmer has been busy preparing cattle ahead of a potential winter storm this weekend.   Logan Bredemeier says portable windbreak panels and calf shelters are being installed. “We’re working on getting everyone [Read More…]

The president of the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition says the increasing popularity of cover crops on row crop operations poses an opportunity for the livestock sector. Cliff Schuette tells Brownfield, “We’re really concentrated on the [Read More…]

A colder weather pattern across the central and eastern U.S. will become more fully established over the next 5 days, with freezes expected by early next week in all areas north of a line from [Read More…]