A farmer in central Missouri says the persistent rains have created a narrow window to complete the first alfalfa cutting. Jay Fischer tells Brownfield there have been two days, at best, between rains to get fieldwork done since early March. “Alfalfa likes to lay down when it gets big and it rains. It’s starting to […]
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Across the Corn Belt, showers and cooler conditions are overspreading the middle Missouri Valley. Meanwhile, late-season heat from the Mississippi Valley
Overall, food inflation increased by more than 3 percent over the last year. Food-at-home, or groceries, increased by 2.7 percent year-over-year.
Bryan Doherty, a senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing, says many U.S. farmers are going to store the corn being
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a Minnesota commercial turkey flock. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says the detection
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower, pressured by the recent declines in boxed beef prices
A southwest Iowa farmer is confident fungicide will pay off this year. Mark Peterson of Stanton says disease pressure was high
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Beans are watching U.S. harvest activity and anticipating generally good near-term progress.
Harvest in Michigan is on pace to start earlier than normal as persistent drought conditions across a third of the state
Dec. corn $4.26 and 3/4, down 2 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans $10.43 and 3/4, down 6 centsOct. soybean meal $283.90, down
