June 25, 2024

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The USDA’s national condition rating dipped, but remains above a year ago, even with big drops in some states. That week-to-week decline was largely due to the hot, dry weather in southern and eastern portions of the growing region. There’s some rain in the forecast this week, […] The post Soybeans, corn down despite lower crop ratings appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Stocks of butter are up on the year while cheese inventories are declining. The USDA’s latest Cold Storage report pegs May cheese stocks at more than 1.4 billion pounds, down slightly from the prior month and four percent from last year. Butter inventories were up five percent from the previous month and three percent from […] The post May dairy stocks show butter building appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices closed mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday pressured somewhat by a higher dollar. Dry whey up $0.0150 at $0.4850. One trade was made at that price. Blocks down $0.0175 at $1.8725. Barrels down $0.0050 at $1.91. One trade was made at that price. Butter down $0.0325 at $3.0325. Six sales […] The post CME cash dairy prices mostly lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The ag director in one of the states with the most confirmed cases of H5N1 in dairy says the biosecurity process needs to evolve in agriculture to protect animals and public health. Michigan Ag Director Tim Boring says good biosecurity has a lot to do with people. He says early on it was unknown farm workers who […] The post Biosecurity needs to evolve in ag appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

State ag leaders and veterinarians are working closely with federal agencies to better understand H5N1 and how to reduce its spread among livestock and some farm workers. Ted McKinney with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture tells Brownfield “we did learn some lessons good and bad out of COVID-19 and you want to […] The post Working together to reduce the spread of H5N1 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. red meat in cold storage fell below year ago levels. The USDA says red meat stocks at the end of May were 5% lower than last year at 929.67 million pounds, reflecting good demand, partially canceling out the year-to-year increase in monthly production. Beef in cold storage was slightly below a year ago at […] The post Red meat, poultry in cold storage below a year ago appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A small Michigan food manufacturer expects the state to play a greater role in buckwheat production as consumer demand for the ancient grain increases. Claire Smith is the seventh generation of her family’s farm and founder of Tenera Grains. “It grows really well in Michigan, and in fact, the first time I brought it up […] The post Buckwheat processing building markets for Michigan farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index has sunk below growth neutral for a tenth straight month. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the agricultural and energy economies are slowing down. “Look no further than John Deere’s recent layoff announcements. That’s just a signal of our numbers capturing what’s going on there.” The index is a monthly […] The post Rural economy slows in June appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Buckwheat belongs to a group of foods that are commonly referred to as pseudocereals.  Other pseudocereals are quinoa and amaranth.  It is high in mineral and antioxidant content. Clara Smith, founder of Tenera Grains says buckwheat isn’t a commonly grown crop in the U.S., but there is a market for it. AUDIO: Healthy Living on […] The post Buckwheat – an option for those who avoid gluten appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story