August 5, 2024

USDA says Missouri’s corn and soybean conditions declined slightly in the last week of July, likely due to the above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall. Missouri’s corn condition is rated 77% good to excellent with 22% of the corn dented. Soybean condition is rated 74% good to excellent with 52% of the crop setting […] The post Warm temps, low rainfall cause MO crop conditions to decline appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

More than three quarters of Iowa’s corn and soybean crops are in good to excellent condition. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says 77 percent of corn and 76 percent of soybeans are rated good to excellent.  More than half of corn has reached the dough stage, which is three days faster than normal. Soybean development […] The post Majority of Iowa crops remain in good to excellent condition appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mississippi cotton farmer Gary Dyksterhouse says it’s been a pretty good year for cotton. “Personally, in general, I think it’s going to be a fairly solid crop,” he says. “There’s just been such variety on the weather pattern.” He tells Brownfield with hurricane season underway, he’ll continue to track tropical storm development. “We’re looking forward […] The post Regional bright spots for the cotton crop, despite a decline in the overall condition appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

AGCO has confirmed that an announced restructuring has led to layoffs at Precision Planting. In a statement to Brownfield, the company says its reductions announced in June, and recently carried out, are in response to continued weakening demand in the agriculture industry and long-term efforts to structurally change AGCO’s operations. No details were released on […] The post AGCO cuts hit Precision Planting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Ohio State Fair’s Sale of Champions raised more than $260,000 for ag youth.   Ty Higgins, senior director of communications and media relations with the Ohio Farm Bureau says the sale is an investment in 4-H members.  “To have it all culminate with that sale of champions to really highlight our use and all the […] The post Ohio Farm Bureau purchases champions from the 2024 Ohio State Fair appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Heat has stressed some of the Kansas corn crop.  Jim Sipes, who farms in the southwest part of the state, says despite the heat, moisture has been timely. “Last August we had a lot of 100 degree days and a lot of wind with it and even though we had a lot of rain last summer, our crop […] The post Heat causes Kansas crop conditions to decline slightly appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A district sales manager for AgriGold Hybrids says it’s been a rough year in the field. Scott Bugg says dryness across the state hasn’t benefited the crops. “Some pretty rough looking crops out there. Some areas, they just have not been able to win with Mother Nature,” he says. “We’ve been really dry throughout a […] The post Dryness across Ohio leaves crops to struggle appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $3.90 and 3/4, up 4 and 1/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $10.31 and 1/2, up 13 and 1/2 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $338.70, up $5.00Sep. soybean oil closed at 41.09, down 59 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.39 and 1/2, up 1/2 centOct. live cattle closed at $179.00, down $3.07Sep. feeder […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 5, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Crop weather looks mixed, but the trade is expecting conditions to balance out for a large U.S. crop. There is a generally cooler, but mostly drier, forecast on tap for parts of the region this week. The USDA says 68% of the crop is in good […] The post Soybeans, corn find some support appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story