A specialty crop leader says there’s still hope the appropriations process can put a freeze on rising H-2A guest worker wages. Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board executive director Jamie Clover Adams tells Brownfield a nearly 40 percent rise in federally mandated H-2A wages over the past five years has pushed farmers to their financial limit. “We’ve […]
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Soybeans are lower on fund and technical selling. CONAB’s guess for Brazil was up slightly on the month at 166.143 million
Dec. corn closed at $4.19, down 7 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.87 and 1/2, down 20 and 1/4 centsDec.
Cash dairy prices were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey prices were up $0.0325 at $0.6550. Four sales
Ethanol production had a strong week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.113 million barrels per day, up 8,000
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has increased its estimates for that nation’s corn and soybean crops. CONAB sees Brazil’s soybean crop
A grain and oilseed analyst at Rabobank says oilseed exports are starting to pick up the pace. Andrick Payen tells Brownfield
Across the Corn Belt, a chilly rain is developing across parts of the upper Midwest. Elsewhere, producers are winding down the
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S.,
A leader with the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers shouldn’t be held liable for any contamination of PFAS chemicals in
