A dairy group wants more transparency from processors, but says the upcoming mandatory cost of production surveys likely won’t be enough.  Sherry Bunting with the American Dairy Coalition tells Brownfield that reporting only block cheese,

The USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs says the administration is working to improve market access in southeast Asia.   Luke Lindberg tells Brownfield, “We have a $200

Demand for corn from ethanol producers continues to be solid. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production was a five-week high, averaging 1.12 million barrels per day last week,

A central Illinois farmer says he’s done with soybean planting. “No, that’s never happened. To have it done by the 14th of April.” Derek Martin, who grows corn and soybeans

Cash dairy prices were steady-to-higher again on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.      Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.71.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 at $1.5775.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.58 to $1.5875.  Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.5750.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was unchanged at $1.79.  No sales were recorded.  Nonfat dry

A farmer in southeast South Dakota says there seems to be a lot of corn in storage heading into spring. Kevin Deinert tells Brownfield many corn piles got picked up

Price impacts from the conflict in the Middle East are not being felt by the U.S. poultry industry, yet.  MPF board director Steve Taylor of Indiana-based MPS Egg Farms says