An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says torrential downpours are wreaking havoc on some fields this spring. Robby Meeker, who covers the eastern half of Illinois and all of Indiana, says some farmers have recently seen storms drop up to 8 inches of rain on newly emerged crops. “A lot of guys that just side-dressed […]
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The Indiana State Board of Animal Health has adopted new interstate movement requirements for livestock and companion animals to prevent New World screwworm from entering the state. Denise Derrer Spears says
A dairy marketer says a weak U.S. economy could make exports even more critical in the months ahead. Mike North with
A state climatologist says summerlike weather is about to take a sharp turn. Michigan’s Jeff Andresen says a huge hot, humid ridge over
The co-founder of AgMarket.net says it was a rough start to the month in the commodity markets. Matt Bennett tells Brownfield
An ag economist says the farm economy is not likely to recover anytime soon. David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights says higher
An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says he’s expecting an uneventful supply and demand report from the USDA, with
Some central Missouri farmers have been busy draining water out of river bottom ground following the heavy rains earlier this week.
Corn and soybean futures have come down from their recent highs, and a farmer in eastern South Dakota says he wishes
Cash dairy prices were lower on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6775. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0250 at $1.46. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.45 to
