A mid-Michigan farmer says soils have been too cold and wet to get an early jump on planting.
Andrew Braun tells Brownfield, “It’s warmer right now, but it’s supposed to cool off here the later half of this week and into the next week.”
“We probably won’t get started until maybe later next week if we do or the first part of May is probably more typical for us,” he shares.
Across the Corn Belt, spotty showers and thunderstorms have returned parts of the region, extending from the western Great Lakes, southwestward.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the central and southern Rockies to
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower ahead of the week’s direct business. June live cattle
U.S. ag export demand is suffering from excess global supplies and a strong U.S. dollar. CoBank economist Tanner Ehmke says there
Farmers are encouraged to prepare for postemergence herbicide failures. Andy Carriger with Corteva Agriscience tells Brownfield some of the reasons a
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says updates to a model that measures the carbon footprint for sustainable aviation fuel should allow
May corn closed at $4.39 and 1/2, up 1/4 centMay soybeans closed at $11.45 and 1/2, down 15 and 1/4 centsMay
As long as you are following food safety recommendations it’s okay to refreeze an item that has been thawed, correctly. But
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. U.S. planting is ahead of average, but there are more rain delays
