September 16, 2024

Iowa’s Ag Secretary says unseasonably warm and dry conditions allowed farmers to chop silage, seed cover crops, and make harvest preparations last week. In response to USDA’s latest weekly crop update, Mike Naig said are also pockets of harvest activity. Corn reaching maturity, at 41 percent, is two days ahead of the five-year average. Soybeans […] The post Pockets of harvest activity in Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. corn harvest took a slight jump forward last week. The USDA says 9% of the crop is harvested as of Sunday, just ahead of the five-year average of 6%, with most of that in southern growing areas. 85% of corn has dented and 45% is mature. Soybean harvest is underway with 6% of […] The post 9% of U.S. corn, 6% of soybeans harvested appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn harvest has been underway for a couple of weeks for northwest Kentucky farmer Keith Tapp. “Everything that has been coming in, we’re happy with the yields,” he says.  “But that’s what we got planted early before we were stopped by the weather.” He tells Brownfield corn yields have been near to slightly above average. […] The post Kentucky harvest update: corn 33%, soybeans 11% harvested appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Michigan crops are quickly maturing with continued dry weather and harvests are started ahead of the five year average. Saginaw Valley farmer John Burk tells Brownfield he’s seeing record dry bean yields in some areas and high tonnage in early-harvested sugarbeets. “Crop wise, things still look really good,” he shares. “There’ll be a lot of […] The post Michigan harvests moving rapidly appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Rains from southern hurricanes finally reached many parts of Tennessee. USDA says corn condition is rated 45 percent good to excellent with 97 percent dented, 85 percent mature, and 36 percent harvested. Cotton in the state has 67 percent of bolls opening.  USDA says the crop is rated 47 percent good to excellent. Soybeans are […] The post Tennessee harvests ahead of average appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Hot, dry weather in Ohio has pushed harvest ahead of the five-year average. USDA says corn is rated 39 ​percent good to excellent with 88 percent dented, 45 percent mature, and six percent harvested. Soybeans are ​rated 40 percent good to excellent, with 59 percent dropping leaves and four percent harvested. The fourth cutting of […] The post Combines rolling in Ohio appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Harvest in Indiana is starting ahead of average with recent, dry weather speeding maturity.   USDA says corn is rated ​63 percent good to excellent with ​90 percent dented, 48 percent mature, five percent harvested for grain, and 55 percent cut for silage. Soybeans are ​rated ​63 percent good to excellent with six percent harvested. […] The post Harvest underway in Indiana earlier than normal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Arkansas farmers made some good harvest progress on soybeans last week. USDA says as of Sunday 29% of the crop has been harvested, well ahead of the five-year average pace of 10%. Sixty-six percent of the crop is dropping leaves. The cotton harvest got underway and 3% of the crop has been harvested, near the […] The post 29% of Arkansas soybeans harvested appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower ahead of the week’s direct business.  Feeders were mixed, mostly higher with the lower move in corn. October live cattle were down $0.42 at $177.22 December lives were down $0.15 at $178.35. October feeder cattle were down $0.12 at $239 and November feeders were up $0.37 […] The post Live cattle lower to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn closed at $4.10 3/4, down 2 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $10.04 and 1/2, down 1 and 3/4 centsOct. soybean meal closed at $320.10, up $1.70Oct. soybean oil closed at 39.75, up 22 pointsDec. wheat closed at $5.78 and 1/2, down 16 and 1/4 centsOct. live cattle closed at $177.22, down 42 […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 16, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story