July 16, 2024

Cash dairy prices inched mostly higher Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey unchanged at $0.50. Blocks up $0.0050 at $1.8650. Two trades were made at $1.8625 and $1.8650. Barrels up $0.0225 at $1.8875. Butter up $0.0150 at $3.1375. Four sales were made from $3.1375 and $3.14. Nonfat dry milk down $0.0050 at $1.1750. […] The post CME cash dairy prices mostly higher appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on speculative and technical buying. June’s NOPA member crush was record large for the month, reflecting the solid margins, and storm damage is probable in parts of the Midwest following a derecho. That storm damage is expected to show up, at least partially, in next week’s USDA weekly crop progress and condition […] The post Soybeans, corn up on oversold signals, storm damage concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in the Western Lake Erie Basin says a local peer group is allowing farmers to learn water quality best management practices together. Lenawee County’s Jim Isley tells Brownfield he joined the River Rasin Watershed Council’s farmer-led working group following the Toledo water crisis. “And since then we’ve had a lot of opportunities to […] The post Lake Erie farmer watershed group offers peer-to-peer support appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The market news manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says he’s not seeing any major signs of herd expansion to the cattle herd. Tony Hancock says high cattle prices are good for the cattle industry, but a challenge at the same time.  “It’s really hard for them to hold on to any heifers when […] The post Cattle industry continues to look for signs of herd expansion appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some residents of the southern Illinois town of Nashville had to be rescued from their homes Tuesday due to extreme flooding. The Washington County Emergency Management Agency said in a release over six inches of rain Monday and Tuesday led to the overtopping of the Nashville Reservoir dam.  A secondary dam failed Tuesday morning.  The […] The post Flooding forces evacuations in southern IL appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybean checkoff funds activities that strengthen soybean demand. In this Spotlight on Soybeans, Missouri Soybeans Executive Director and CEO Gary Wheeler says checkoff effectiveness starts with the logo. He says it reflects the commitment to advancing the soybean industry through checkoff investments. Learn more at mosoy.org and on the new Spotlight podcast for Missouri soybean farmers and their checkoff. […] The post Checkoff Importance appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The BASF U.S. soybean agronomy lead says it’s never too early to start making plans for the 2025 growing season. Marc Hoobler says each year is different. “It’s been very consistent though I think you know year on year has been soybean cyst nematode,” he says. “I think that is the number one production issue […] The post A soybean agronomy lead encourages growers to look ahead to 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Purdue University agronomist is working on advancing aerial drone spraying technology on corn and soybeans. Darcy Telenko says this is the second year of trials. “What we’ve been trying to do is just answer a couple of questions on how aerial drone technology compares to our ground equipment,” she says. “Initially, we had two […] The post Agronomist looking to expand drone application technology appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Ohio Department of Taxation will address inaccurate woodland calculations in the Current Ag Use Value program.  Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis says the program used inaccurate deductions to calculate woodland value. “In the past, we were able to get those updated for the first time in a very long time in 2016, but […] The post Inaccurate CAUV woodland calculations are being addressed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story