October 10, 2024

A new survey by the Illinois Center for Digital Agriculture finds more than half of corn farmers would adopt weeding robots. Ag economist Shadi Attallah says the prevalence of herbicide resistance weeds is a major factor. “We looked at two situations here, a $40,000 robot and a $20,000 robot,” he explains. “And as you would […] The post Farmers look to weeding robots as herbicide resistance solution appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Hurricanes Helene and Milton have delivered a one-two punch to fertilizer production in the southern U.S. Stone X vice president of fertilizer Josh Linville says the phosphate market has been hit back-to-back. “If Helene was more of a glancing blow, it kind of touched on that west coast of Florida on its way up to […] The post Hurricanes deliver one-two punch to Florida phosphate production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were higher, with boxed beef up at midday, watching direct business develop. Feeders had additional support from the weakness in corn. December live was up $1.05 at $188.27 and February was $.70 higher at $188.87. November feeders were $1.27 higher at $249.95 and January was up $1.32 […] The post Direct cash cattle trade picks up steam Thursday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A west-central Iowa farmer is pleased with soybean yields. Brent Johnson is from Calhoun County. “Wrapped up beans last week, had a really good year. Yields in this part of the state were very good considering it’s kind of hard to grow soybeans in the Des Moines lobe sometimes.” He tells Brownfield corn harvest is […] The post Relatively good soybean yields in central Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn closed at $4.18 and 1/2, down 2 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $10.14 and 3/4, down 5 and 1/2 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $316.10, down $5.10Dec. soybean oil closed at 43.76, up 70 pointsDec. wheat closed at $6.03 and 3/4, up 4 and 3/4 centsDec. live cattle closed at $188.27, up […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 10, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs says new research shows that rural inland ports, like the Corn Belt Ports initiative, can be drivers of economic development. Dr. Chris Merrett says developing related business clusters is key to growth. “You know Silicon Valley, right?”  He says, “We do have people who are competitors, […] The post Examining economic impact of rural ports appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A soybean and small grains agronomist at Ohio State University says Hurricane Helene brought additional challenges to an already difficult growing season. Laura Lindsey tells Brownfield… “Farmers who were not able to harvest prior to Hurricane Helene’s rainfall faced problems with pod shatter and also sprouting. So, these beans, when they got rewetted, were sprouting […] The post Hurricane Helene leaves behind pod shatter and pod sprouting in Ohio soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Harvest conditions look favorable in most of the region and there’s at least some rain in the forecast for parts of South America. There was also further position squaring ahead of Friday’s USDA supply, demand, and production numbers. U.S. export sales were down on the week […] The post Modest changes for soybeans, corn, wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Iowa farmer says he’s making good progress on his 2024 harvest. Duane Aistrope raises corn and soybeans near Randolph. “We’ve done two fields of corn early on and then we’ve been on beans ever since then. We’re down to just over 250 acres of beans left. Things have been running pretty smooth.” He […] The post Iowa farmer says yields have been a pleasant surprise appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story