July 30, 2024

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct business.  August live cattle closed $.72 higher at $187.70 and October lives closed $.65 higher at $187.45.  August feeder cattle closed $.55 higher at $256.97 and September feeders closed $.87 higher at $256.90.  Direct cash cattle trade activity […] The post Cattle futures mostly higher ahead of direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Remote sensing technology is allowing farmers to track bees within the hive and during pollination to improve yields. BeeHero CEO & Co-founder Omer Davidi tells Brownfield the Pollination Insight Platform follows managed honeybee and wild pollinator activity through heat mapping, sound frequencies, and other insights. “It’s about creating this huge data set of 10s of […] The post BeeHero zeroes in on the hum of the hive appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An eastern Illinois specialty grower says it’s been a productive summer. John Williams, manager of Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana, says the rainy July has been a mixed bag. “Definitely put us a little behind in terms of weeding and we’ve had some issues disease wise and that’s, you know, another reason why we do […] The post IL specialty grower happy with season so far appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Biofuel groups are disappointed by a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision to vacate most of EPA’s 2022 denials of small refinery exemption requests. Growth Energy general counsel Joe Kakesh says some of the petitions date back to 2018. “So all in all, it doesn’t read like it’s a good outcome for us and we’re […] The post Biofuel groups disappointed by D.C. Circuit Court Small Refinery Exemption ruling appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The state of Michigan is supporting efforts to address an overpopulation of deer. Michigan Farm Bureau Legislative Counsel Andrew Vermeesch tells Brownfield there are less than a half of million hunters in the state today, down about 200,000 from 20 years ago. “Deer repopulate at astonishing rate,” he says. “In order to maintain a population, […] The post Michigan extends deer hunting windows appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The potato harvest is underway in Wisconsin.  Jeff Huber with Alsum Farms and Produce says, “We started digging yesterday and they’re probably heading out to the stores today.” Huber tells Brownfield they’re starting harvest about two weeks earlier than usual, and they’re starting slow, only sending a couple of semis of fresh bagged potatoes to […] The post Potato harvest underway in Wisconsin appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Farmers play an essential role in growing the feed, fuel, and fiber that keep the world moving.  Val Dolcini, head of business sustainability and government affairs at Syngenta says the company has rolled out four new sustainability priorities that will drive sustainable progress for America’s farmers and ranchers. He tells Brownfield each priority has a […] The post Sygenta’s sustainability priorities to help drive farmer success appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $3.88 and 3/4, down 7 and 1/2 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.27 and 1/4, down 27 and 1/2 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $352.00, down $3.50Aug. soybean oil closed at 42.75, down 9 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.24, down 7 centsAug. live cattle closed at $187.70, up 72 centsAug. feeder cattle […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 30, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on speculative and technical selling, with November continuing to fall to multi-year lows. The USDA’s national crop rating dipped but remains well above a year ago at 67% good to excellent, compared to 52% in late July 2023. Near-term forecasts continue to favor eastern growing areas over central and western parts of […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat extend speculative sell-off appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story