Minnesota farmers made good planting progress in-between the recent rains.
USDA says sugarbeets and oats are 29% planted. 12% of Minnesota’s barley is planted with 1% of the crop starting to emerge. Spring wheat is 18% planted with 2% of the crop emerged.
Minnesota’s corn is 8% planted and soybeans are 5% planted, both ahead of average for this time of the year.
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were higher Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June Class III milk was up $0.31 at $19.21.
The ranking member of the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee says lawmakers should be cautious using the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund
The Missouri House has approved a bill to ban companies from using eminent domain to take private property to develop wind
Expansions to the U.S. Inland Waterway system will continue to provide a competitive advantage for American farmers on the global market.
The chief ag negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says the first container ship has made it through
The director of USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub says the spring rains have improved soil moisture across the Corn Belt more than
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher watching Friday’s direct business take place. Feeders were mixed, with some
Jul. corn closed at $4.60 and 1/4, up 1/2 centJul. soybeans closed at $12.15, up 16 centsJul. soybean meal closed at
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, adding to the week’s gains. Most forecasts have more planting delaying rain in
