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Jul. corn closed at $3.51 and 3/4, up 8 and 1/4 cent Jul. soybeans closed at $8.74, up 38 and 1/2 cents Jul. soybean meal closed at $339.80, up $11.60 Jul. soybean oil closed at 28.90, up 43 points Jul. wheat [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground at the MISSOURI STATE FAIR on Thursday, 8/16 for the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. Continue reading Governor’s Ham Breakfast at Missouri State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.      

New ag data analytics provider Main Street Data has announced the nationwide availability of the Validator, a data tool that enables ag producers to validate that the farming practice decisions they make every year are [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground at the ILLINOIS STATE FAIR on Tuesday, 8/14 for Ag Day.     Continue reading Ag Day at Illinois State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground at the MISSOURI STATE FAIR on Monday, 8/13 for Missouri Farm Bureau/farm family day.     Continue reading Missouri Farm Bureau/farm family day at State Fair at [Read More…]

Milk futures and most cash dairy prices are down again to close the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. July Class Three milk was down $.16 at $14.20.   August was down $.17 to $14.69. [Read More…]

The US implemented tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods just after midnight. China retaliated immediately by placing tariffs on US goods. China’s Commerce Ministry says the US has started the biggest trade war in [Read More…]

China’s tariff on U.S. soybeans is now in effect, but Beijing might still indirectly buy U.S. soybeans or soybean products. AgriVisor senior market analyst Dale Durchholz tells Brownfield the beans would be purchased by another [Read More…]

The USDA reports combined old and new crop soybean export sales for the week ending June 28th were above most pre-report estimates. The 2018/19 marketing year for wheat got underway June 1st, while 2017/18 runs [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, mild, mostly dry weather prevails in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Pockets of dryness are mostly limited to the northeastern and southwestern Corn Belt; on July 1, Missouri led [Read More…]

During the next couple of days, cooler, drier air will briefly establish itself across much of the U.S. In contrast, heat on the northern High Plains will expand over the weekend, and further intensify from [Read More…]

For decades, many farm families have been fiercely loyal to certain brands of farm equipment. But as farm operations continue to grow and the next generation of farmers takes over, that intense brand loyalty is [Read More…]

The number of off-target dicamba injuries reported in Missouri is more than the number reported by this time last year.  As of Monday, 112 complaint allegations have been made involving dicamba injury to susceptible crops, [Read More…]

A recent survey shows producer sentiment is up slightly despite trade disputes and low commodity prices. Ag economist Jim Mintert says the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose two points to 143 because farmers [Read More…]

Commentary. Sitting in the alleyway of our “big” barn sipping Coca-Colas while trying to cool down after long hours in the heat of the day, we caught up with a neighbor we hadn’t seen for [Read More…]

A meteorologist says field conditions vary across the Midwest as farmers face one of the hottest summers on record. Michael Clark is the co-owner and meteorologist of Indiana-based BAM Weather. “With the third warmest June [Read More…]

Grains and oilseeds analyst Steve Nicholson says China’s tariff on soybeans imported from the U.S. will have more impact after harvest begins.  Nicholson, who is with Rabo AgriFinance, tells Brownfield most of China’s summer soybean [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground in Kansas City on Tuesday, July 10 for the 2018 NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon Continue reading 2018 NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon at Brownfield Ag News.      

June weather ended abnormally hot and humid in Illinois. State Climatologist Jim Angel tells Brownfield, temperatures ran about three degrees above normal for June and precipitation was two inches above normal. “When we look at [Read More…]

Analysts say dairy farmers could be further into the red for the remaindered of the year if dairy tariffs go into effect this week. National Milk Producers Federation economists say Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs on most [Read More…]