October 15, 2024

The owner of a southwest Kansas farm says sorghum harvest is complete, and winter wheat is being planted. Alan VanNahmen tells Brownfield… “The sorghum crop is good. We’ve had that real nice fall weather for fall harvest on sorghum.” According to USDA, sorghum is 87% harvested in Kansas, with 40% of the crop rated good […] The post Kansas farmer says sorghum harvest, wheat planting going well appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

All of the corn and most of the soybeans have been harvested in Arkansas.  USDA reporters says 93% of the soybeans are dropping leaves and 72% of the crop is in the bin. USDA officials say all of the cotton has bolls opening, and 52% of the cotton has now been harvested. Seventy-two percent of […] The post Corn harvest done as Arkansas harvest continues appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A leader with the United Soybean Board recently hosted a group of Nigerian aquaculture feed manufacturers. Philip Good, a soybean, corn, cotton, catfish, and cattle farmer from Macon in east-central Mississippi, says it was an eye-opening experience. “They were able to see all types of things that they’ve never seen before. They were able to […] The post Nigerian aquaculture feed manufacturers visit Mississippi soybean farm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on overbought signals, waiting for direct business.  December live cattle closed $1.40 lower at $186.52 and February live cattle closed $1.30 lower at $187.40.  November feeder cattle closed $3.10 lower at $246.47 and January feeder cattle closed $3.37 lower at $244.22.  Direct cash […] The post Cattle, hog futures lower Tuesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Nebraska farmer says his corn harvest has seen mixed results. Randy Uhrmacher tells Brownfield… “We had some fields that were kind of beat up with some hail and wind here and there that took the top out, but where we didn’t have that, the corn is really good,” he says. According to USDA’s […] The post Nebraska farmer seeing mixed results on corn harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The dry conditions continued in Wisconsin last week, allowing for rapid harvest progress. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says a killing frost occurred in northern Wisconsin last week, and the fast-paced harvest for vegetables, cranberries, and potatoes continues, along with soybeans and corn. Eighty-five percent of the corn is mature, with 26% of the corn for […] The post Wisconsin’s harvest continues appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeastern Indiana farmer says dry conditions have helped speed up harvest. Ben Kron says they should wrap up soon. “We’re on the downhill slide now,” he says. “We’re hoping to maybe get done this week. We should as long as we can kind of hold and keep everything together.” According to the latest crop progress and […] The post A drier week is helping harvest progression appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Michigan crops have been trending drier than average during harvest. Michigan Thumb farmer Matt Frostic tells Brownfield he doesn’t expect recent rains to cause many quality issues. “There’s some beans out there that honestly, we probably could have used some moisture in them,” he shares. “They got too dry. I think once we get back […] The post Drier than normal fall in Michigan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Harvest continues to roll on in Ohio. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated ​40 percent good to excellent with 92 percent mature, 34 percent harvested for grain, and 95 percent harvested for silage. Soybeans are ​rated ​39 percent good to excellent, with 97 percent dropping leaves, and 62 percent harvested. […] The post Harvest continues to roll in Ohio appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story