A dairy marketer says a weak U.S. economy could make exports even more critical in the months ahead. Mike North with Ever.ag tells Brownfield, “Consumers have been in what we’ll

A state climatologist says summerlike weather is about to take a sharp turn. Michigan’s Jeff Andresen says a huge hot, humid ridge over the central and eastern U.S. will collide with a

The co-founder of AgMarket.net says it was a rough start to the month in the commodity markets. Matt Bennett tells Brownfield that timely rains for much of the Corn Belt

An ag economist says the farm economy is not likely to recover anytime soon. David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights says higher input costs are adding additional financial strain. “A few

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says he’s expecting an uneventful supply and demand report from the USDA, with limited changes to U.S. demand. Ben Brown says the

Some central Missouri farmers have been busy draining water out of river bottom ground following the heavy rains earlier this week. Andy Clay raises corn and soybeans in Moniteau County. 

Corn and soybean futures have come down from their recent highs, and a farmer in eastern South Dakota says he wishes he would have locked in more new crop sales.

Cash dairy prices were lower on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6775.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0250 at $1.46.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.45 to $1.46.  Cheese barrels were down $0.01 at $1.47.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0250 at $1.65.  Twelve sales were