Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 25, 2024
Dec. corn closed at $4.15 and 1/4, down 6 and 1/4 centsNov. soybeans closed at $9.87 and 3/4, down 8 and 1/2 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $305.80, down $4.60Dec. […]
Riley McDermott- National Winner in Vegetable Production- Entrepreneurship/Placement
Riley McDermott has learned about all the components of vegetable production through her business Tilled to Table. McDermott reaches customers through a roadside stand and as a permanent vendor at […]
Cailey Markley- National Winner in Specialty Crop Production, Entrepreneurship/Placement
Cailey Elizabeth Markley has been growing, harvesting and selling a variety of mums for five years. As a result of Markley’s marketing strategies, fertilization techniques, and quality product choices, her […]
Cole Sundeen- National Winner in Landscape Management, Entrepreneurship/Placement
Cole Sundeen has a Supervised Agriculture Experience working for a landscaping company where he is responsible for planting and caring for plant specimens and installing them within clients’ properties. Sundeen […]
Red meat, poultry supplies in cold storage get a little tighter
The USDA’s monthly meat in cold storage update reflects good demand for most proteins. Frozen red meat supplies at the end of September 2024 were down 1% on the year […]
Earliest harvest in recent memory for Birkey
An ag consultant says his region has only received two inches of rain over the past two months in southeast Michigan. Ned Birkey tells Brownfield its very, very dry. “The […]
September cattle placements below a year ago
The USDA says fewer cattle entered U.S. feedlots in September 2024 than September 2023. Placements were 2.156 million head, a decrease of 2% on the year, despite expanding drought conditions […]
Noah Thomas Wiley- National Winner in Fiber and/or Oil Crop, Entrepreurship/Placement
Noah Thomas Wiley works on a farm consisting of 2,000 acres of highly productive crop ground that grows early soybeans as well as double-crop soybeans. Mowing, bean scouting, combine operation […]
Michigan announces specialty crop investments
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced $2.5 million will fund 23 specialty crop projects this year. Director Tim Boring tells Brownfield the Specialty Crop Block grants […]
Ava Bullard- National Winner in Diversified Horticulture, Entrepreneurship/Placement
Ava S. Bullard began her Supervised Agricultural Experience by growing 10 types of flowers in beds around her family’s home and making bouquets. In three years, Bullard’s cut flower operation […]
