Corn, wheat down on weather, soybeans follow bean oil
Soybeans were mostly higher. Soybeans continued to follow bean oil, which made another run to new highs on last week’s bullish RVO numbers. That included an expanded trading limit up […]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 16, 2025
Jul. corn closed at $4.34 and 3/4, down 9 and 3/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $10.69 and 3/4, unchangedJul. soybean meal closed at $283.70, down $8.20Jul. soybean oil closed at […]
72% of U.S. corn, 66% of soybeans good to excellent
The USDA’s crop condition rating changes were mixed on the week. Corn and spring wheat both saw improvements, while soybeans and winter wheat dipped, all responding to prevailing weather conditions […]
A rain break needed
Missouri Bootheel farmer Jason Bean says the crops could use a break from the consistent rains. “I’m 54-years-old and I’ve never seen a spring like this and it won’t quit. […]
Winter wheat harvest delayed in Missouri
A farmer in eastern Missouri is waiting to harvest winter wheat. “I think the whole season is about two weeks delayed.” Warren Stemme, who farms in St. Charles County, says […]
Children’s Discovery Museum updating expansive ag exhibit
The executive director of the Children’s Discovery Museum in Normal, Illinois, says the facility’s twenty-year-old Agmazing exhibit is getting a more than one-million-dollar upgrade. Beth Whisman tells Brownfield it’s time […]
Tick transmitted disease confirmed in Iowa cattle herd for first time
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says Theileriosis has been detected in a herd of cattle in the southeast part of the state. This is the state’s first confirmed […]
New checkoff funded research could help reduce vomitoxin impacts
The executive director of the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association says new checkoff funded research is looking at reducing the economic impact of vomitoxin. Tadd Nicholson says the Ohio Corn […]
Farm labor groups hope path forward for farmworkers is serious
The head of the National Council of Agricultural Employers is asking the Trump administration for collaboration to find a legal path forward for farmworkers. Michael Marsh tells Brownfield losing undocumented workers puts […]
Delores Rylaarsdam
86, of Sioux Center
