At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle and feeder cattle are higher, supported by the week’s cash trade and higher boxed beef during the session. April live cattle closed $1.02 higher at $140.50 and June closed $1.15 higher at $137.07. April feeder cattle closed $1.22 higher at $162.32 and May feeder cattle closed $1.57 higher at $167.45.
It was a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade following the light to moderate business that took place on Thursday.
The Dairy Margin Coverage Program will be paying out to farmers for the eighth month in a row. USDA announced Friday
Wide ranging conditions are resulting in extreme variability as harvest begins in west-central Minnesota. Jamie Beyer of Wheaton describes the 2023
The USDA hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system will have to pause if Congress cannot come to an agreement
A southwest Minnesota farmer says harvest is just getting started. Mark Enninga of Fulda tells Brownfield recent rains have helped even
An agronomist says the combination of dry weather and different soil types is giving corn and soybean producers a variety of
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on technical selling and concerns about a government shutdown.
Harvest is advancing quickly in northwest Minnesota. Blair Hoseth of Mahnomen tells Brownfield he’s about 90 percent done with soybeans. “We
Dec. corn closed at $4.76 and 3/4, down 11 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.75, down 25 and 1/2 centsOct. soybean
Farmers in areas of drought are hoping for some well-timed moisture this fall. Iowa state climatologist Justin Glisan says soils in
