Cash dairy prices were mixed, with a big jump in the butter price Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey remains unchanged at $0.72.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0050 at $1.3875.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.44.  No sales were

U.S. soybean export sales fell to a marketing year low during the week ending February 5th. The USDA says that week-to-week drop in soybean export sales occurred after a significant

A central Illinois farmer says he’s not concerned about the high price of fertilizer. Dick Lyons, who’s practiced conservation tillage and cover cropping on his Montgomery County farm for decades,

An ag economist says lack of storage capacity is adding to some of the challenges the industry is facing. Joe Janzen is with the University of Illinois. “You see them

Spring fieldwork is likely less than two months away for farmers in southern Minnesota. Wes Beck grows corn and soybeans near St. James and says the recent warmup has him

Spring fieldwork is likely less than two months away for farmers in southern Minnesota. Wes Beck grows corn and soybeans near St. James and says the recent warmup has him

Southwest Indiana farmer John Richer says he continues to adjust the budget for his farm.    “If there’s cheaper options out there for chemicals,” he says.  “We’ve instead of putting

The Senate Finance Committee examined the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Thursday, weighing its benefits and where changes may be needed. Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, praised the agreement’s

Three pieces of legislation farmers are watching closely had votes at the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday. In the Senate, Senate Bill 622 freezing fees for animal markets, dealers, truckers, and

An appraiser with Farm Credit Illinois says there seems to be a shift occurring in the farmland market. Laura Enger, newly elected president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm