September 5, 2024

Cash dairy prices were steady-to-higher Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was up $0.0025 at $0.5675.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $2.23.   No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $2.25.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Butter was up $0.0150 at $3.1625.  Three sales were […] The post CME cash dairy steady to higher Thursday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The associate director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center says rapid onset drought is possible across several states in the next couple of weeks. Melanie Widhalm says that can cause problems during harvest. “It will help you get into the fields. It will help your crop dry down in time, but you do want to […] The post Conditions are right for rapid drought development appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. ethanol production dropped last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production was the lowest since late June at an average of 1.061 million barrels per day, a decrease of 10,000 on the week, but an increase of 49,000 on the year. That week-to-week decline can be tied to firmer cash grain prices in […] The post Ethanol production, supply down on week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist at Purdue University says consumer estimates for food price inflation declined in the latest Consumer Food Insights Report. Joseph Balagtas with Purdue’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability says this is the lowest level since early 2022. “From July 2024, food prices were rising at 2.2% per year compared to a […] The post Consumers predict food inflation to get lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A USDA official is concerned solar installations will take productive farmland out of production. Undersecretary for farm production and conservation Robert Bonnie tells Brownfield. “I hear it everywhere I go, and I worry about bringing prime agricultural land out of production. Of course we all know we need renewable energy (and) solar is an important […] The post USDA’s Bonnie concerned about solar farms appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Many corn and soybean farmers faced significant disease pressure this season. Rob Tate farms near Cannon Falls in southeast Minnesota and says conditions suited plant pathogens. “We decided to spray a little more fungicide than maybe what we would’ve planned to do originally, generally I always try to spray any of my corn-on-corn fields with […] The post Minnesota farmer combats crop diseases appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Researchers at the Ohio State University are working to increase domestic production of rubber.  Professor Judit Puskas says a federal grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research from experts in engineering, biology, and agriculture.   “Having seven partner universities, four core partners, and Ohio State as the lead,” she says. “It covers all kinds of […] The post New center at Ohio State helps drive development of the U.S. rubber industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story