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Cash dairy prices mostly lower Thursday

Cash dairy prices were lower on Thursday except for nonfat dry milk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.6950.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.03 at $1.63.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5950 to $1.63.  Cheese barrels were

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Time to focus on corn

The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says the calendar pushing into May means farmers need to adjust their planting priorities. Stephanie Porter tells Brownfield, “Don’t start panicking by

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