July 31, 2024

Grande Cheese is renovating and expanding the Chilton, Wisconsin cheese plant it bought from Foremost Farms. The company is adding 60-thousand square feet to the existing 20-thousand square foot facility, and when finished, will be Grande Cheese’s third largest manufacturing plant.  Grande Cheese specializes in Italian style cheeses, and the Chilton plant will primarily make […] The post Grande Cheese to expand former Foremost Chilton plant appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $3.82 and 3/4, down 6 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.28 and 1/2, up 1 and 1/4 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $354.10, up $2.10Aug. soybean oil closed at 43.30, up 55 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.27 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsAug. live cattle closed at $187.12, down 57 centsAug. […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 31, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Nebraska Extension educator says dry pea harvest got an early start in the state’s panhandle. Gary Stone tells Brownfield the hot weather matured crops quicker and yields are mixed. “Probably when the peas were setting blossoms we might have had some pretty extreme temperatures into the upper 90s and even into the 100s, and […] The post Dry pea harvest off to early start in Nebraska panhandle appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, bouncing off the recent lows. It was an up and down session, but contracts are oversold and due for a bounce, and there was help from a higher move in bean oil. Development weather continues to largely favor the east over other growing areas. Given […] The post Corn continues to drift lower, soybeans bounce appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A weed scientist at the University of Missouri says the future of combatting weed resistance is integrated weed management. “The way I think about integrated weed management is to get rid of our herbicide centric way of thinking.” Kevin Bradley says agriculture has been spoiled with good herbicides to control weeds, but that’s coming to […] The post A mindset shift to integrated weed management appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A field crops educator says she wouldn’t be surprised if the current corn price limits how farmers manage tar spot this year. Michigan State University Extension’s Monica Jean says many farmers are questioning, “Is it worth your return on investment when it’s a $40 application and their price of corn is not as great as […] The post Cost of tar spot control likely to limit applications appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s weekly broiler hatchery numbers continue to point to increased production in 2024. 247.956 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators by hatcheries last week, 1.284 million less than the prior week, but 3% more than a year ago, with average hatchability at 79.3%. 191.641 million broiler-type chicks were placed into meat production by […] The post Broiler sets, placements see another week of gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A state soybean specialist with University of Missouri Extension says the crop is doing well heading into August. “August is the time of the season where the soybean yield will be mostly defined.” Andre Reis says Missouri’s crop should have an overall better yield than last year, because timely rains have made it a much […] The post Missouri’s soybean crop looks good heading into August appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A bipartisan bill recently introduced in the U.S. House would increase resources for farmers impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle. President of the Michigan Agri-Business Association Chuck Lippstreu tells Brownfield the bill takes a variety of steps to support biosecurity efforts on dairy farms. “To make sure that we are prioritizing research […] The post U.S. House bill would strengthen HPAI dairy resources appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story