CME dairy prices start week lower as butter, nonfat dry milk decline
Cash dairy prices were down Monday to start the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6925. No sales were reported. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0125 to $1.56. Two sales were reported ranging from $1.55 to $1.56. Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5475. No sales […]
Stine agronomist: July heat may have capped corn yield potential
The director of agronomy for one of the nation’s largest independent seed companies is concerned extreme heat in July might’ve taken the top off corn yield. Tom Larson with Stine […]
Scrapie confirmed in the U.S. for the first time in five years
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (AHPIS) has confirmed the first case of classical scrapie in the U.S. since 2021. The virus was found in a sheep slaughtered […]
War and weather supporting wheat prices
The vice president of Nebraska-based Moving Parts, LLC says several factors have led to an overall positive price outlook in the wheat market. Scott Custard says global conflicts are a primary […]
Managing Crops Through Stress
As the calendar turns to August, Brevant Seeds retail sales agronomist John Long says farmers have faced numerous challenges so far this growing season. Long is based in Iowa and […]
Seasonal warmth to extreme heat covers much of the Heartland; sct’d showers, storms on the northern Plains
Across the Corn Belt, near- or below-normal temperatures in the wake of soaking rainfall is benefiting corn and soybeans. Monday’s Midwestern high temperatures should mostly range from 80 to 90°F. […]
Very warm to hot weather to continue across much of the Nation; rainfall to favor parts of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures nationwide, with the hottest weather—relative to normal—stretching from the Great Basin eastward across the central Plains into the Ohio […]
Boozman releases updated farm bill draft with E15 expansion, SNAP revisions
U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman released an updated draft farm bill late Friday that would allow nationwide year-round E15 sales and revises state cost-sharing requirements in the nutrition […]
Missouri rice farmer: higher fertilizer costs outpace gains in rice prices
The chairman of the Missouri Rice Council says fertilizer has been his biggest expense this growing season. “Urea was probably $300 to $350, a ton more expensive this year versus […]
NGFA wants Mexico border delays, inspection costs for grain shipments to be addressed in USMCA
The CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association says rail transportation delays into Mexico are just one issue being addressed as U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations continue. Mike Seyfert (Sigh-fert) tells […]