Soybean harvest underway in southeast Minnesota

The soybean harvest is underway in southeast Minnesota. Northfield farmer Bruce Peterson tells Brownfield some early maturity varieties planted the last week of April turned quickly thanks to warm and […]

Marketing questions remain as harvest picks up

Some Illinois farmers say marketing will be the biggest challenge of the 2024 growing season. Mark Schweizer, who farms in Montgomery County, says he’s not sure what to do with […]

CME cash dairy prices mostly down Thursday

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.0075 at $0.5875.  Six sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5875 to $0.5975.  Forty-pound cheese […]

CREP expansion coming to Indiana

The director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program is expanding. Don Lamb says the program benefits farmers. “Farmers are the best environmentalists. Farmers […]

Farmland values surprisingly stable

The CEO of National Land Realty says he’s surprised farmland values have remained high despite low commodity prices. Ronnie Richardson tells Brownfield he recently talked to a Kansas farmer about […]

Eastern Iowa farmer starts soybean harvest

Eastern Iowa farmer Jeff Pape started soybean harvest Wednesday. “Yields are decent, anywhere from some timber fields that don’t get good sun and are on sand ground that ended up […]

Red crown rot impacting Illinois farmers

A Pioneer agronomist says red crown rot is having a major impact on some soybean growers. Matt Montgomery says his west central Illinois territory is ground zero for the relatively […]