July 24, 2024

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower waiting on wide-spread direct business.  August lives closed $.60 higher at $186.90 and October lives closed $.15 higher at $186.27.  August feeders closed $1.62 lower at $257.12 and September feeders closed $1.90 lower at $256.70.  It was another relatively quiet day […] The post Cattle futures mostly lower ahead of direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Missouri Ag Department says 11 counties in the Missouri Bootheel are allowed to apply Intrepid 2F Insecticide to mitigate armyworms in rice. A crisis exemption went into effect late last week and University of Missouri Extension’s Justin Chlapecka says the insecticide isn’t typically used on rice. “There’s data using this product on armyworms for […] The post MO Bootheel rice farmers allowed to use a special insecticide on armyworms appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is implementing mandatory milk tank testing to curb the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The state veterinarian’s executive order requires weekly tests to be collected by certified samplers at all licensed dairy herds and positive dairies will be placed under quarantine. Officials say both the state’s dairy and poultry […] The post Colorado mandates milk testing to curb H5N1 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $4.03 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $11.11, down 6 and 1/2 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $343.40, up 70 centsAug. soybean oil closed at 46.02, down 64 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.47, up 4 and 1/4 centsAug. live cattle closed at $186.90, up 60 centsAug. feeder […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 24, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Consistent rains have made alfalfa harvest challenging for farmers in parts of the Great Lakes. “It’s been a difficult year, that’s putting it mildly for our first cutting.” Michigan State University Extension’s Phil Kaatz tells Brownfield up to 10 inches of rain in July has some farmers in the state are still trying to get […] The post First cutting of alfalfa a flop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Soybeans saw a correction after the recent strength, and some spillover from a lower move in bean oil, while still watching the weather. Forecasts generally have a hot, dry pattern in some key growing areas most of the tail end this month into August, potentially stressing […] The post Soybeans see slight losses, corn finishes firm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Nebraska Farm Bureau public policy expert says the time is now for Congress to pass a farm bill. Jordan Dux tells Brownfield…. “I think there’s a lot of members of Congress that want to see a Farm Bill done, they want to see one across the finish line. There are some that maybe aren’t […] The post Nebraska Farm Bureau says it’s go time for farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Development of a new farm studying the use of land for both solar energy and ag production at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is progressing. Madhu Khanna, director of the Sustainably Co-locating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems (SCAPES) project, says the new facility is being designed with agrivoltaics research in mind. “Our goal is […] The post U of I moving forward on agrivoltaics farm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sets and placements of broiler-type eggs and chicks continue to climb above year ago levels as producers try to meet demand expectations. The USDA says 248.518 million broiler-type eggs were placed into incubation last week, an increase of 2.748 million on the week and 3% on the year, with average hatchability improving slightly. Placements of […] The post Broiler sets, placements continue to rise appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Senate Ag Committee has yet to markup a new farm bill heading into the August recess. Ranking Member John Boozman tells Brownfield there are still differing opinions on the bill and there’s not much time left if a mark up is going to happen before the November election. “When you look at how many […] The post Boozman: differences remain on new farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story