October 23, 2024

A regional soybean processing facility is not concerned about seed supplies for 2025 despite a difficult growing season. Dan Wertish is the site manager for the Bayer Commercial Soybean Production plant near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, which packages nearly 3 million seed bags that get distributed to about a dozen Midwestern states annually. “We don’t have […] The post Bayer seed production facility not concerned about supply despite challenging growing season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of the week’s direct business and Friday’s Cattle on Feed report from the USDA.  December live cattle closed $.25 lower at $187.87 and February lives closed $.20 lower at $188.62.  November feeder cattle closed $1.70 lower at $247.22 and January feeder cattle closed […] The post Cattle futures lower at midweek appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomist says as harvest comes to an end, attention shifts to field work. Kris Young, with AgriGold tells Brownfield… “We still see some compaction in some growers’ fields, so right now is a great time to get out there and do some deep tillage with dry soils. You’re going to get more fracturing of […] The post Agronomist says fall is a good time for tillage appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says the next president will likely have little impact on food price inflation despite campaign promises. American Enterprise Institute Director of Agricultural Policy Studies Vince Smith tells Brownfield, “It’s simply not the case that food is way more expensive relative to other commodities today.” He says food prices since the beginning of […] The post A new administration’s influence over food prices likely limited appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn closed at $4.19, up 2 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $9.97 and 1/2, up 5 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $315.00, down $2.70Dec. soybean oil closed at 43.39, down 30 pointsDec. wheat closed at $5.78 and 1/2, up 2 and 1/2 centsDec. live cattle closed at $187.87, down 25 centsNov. […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 23, 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its determination to cancel all registrations of Dacthal herbicides. An emergency suspension was issued at the beginning of August for the weed killer which is primarily used in broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and onions in California. AMVAC Chemical Corporation voluntarily canceled registrations for the product and has created […] The post EPA finalizes dropping Dacthal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in west-central Missouri says he’s not regretting the decision to invest in grain bagging equipment this fall harvest. “It kept our machines rolling and we never really had to stop.” Garrett Riekhof says the corn crop was great, but grain elevators and existing on-farm storage filled up quickly. “There’s grain in bags, big […] The post Grain bag investment pays for MO farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were mixed. The trade is expecting generally good U.S. harvest progress and an increase in the planting pace in Argentina and Brazil. China and unknown destinations both bought U.S. soybeans ahead of the open, 130,000 tons and 259,000 tons, respectively, both for 2024/25 delivery. This does fulfill some of the recent trade rumors, especially […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat all finish mixed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Bovine Respiratory Disease is the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in cattle worldwide and costs the U.S. cattle industry more than $1 billion annually.  Dr. Brad White, director of the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University, says research is being done to see how point-of-care ultrasound, or POCUS, can improve cattle diagnostics […] The post Research collaboration brings point-of-care-ultrasound to the feedlot appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Mosaic Company says it’s phosphate mining and production in Florida has resumed at most sites after being struck by hurricanes Helene and Milton. Josh Linville with Stone X says getting that production back is important. “Not only from the location perspective, but the calendar timing perspective.” Linville says with fall fertilizer application underway in […] The post Phosphate production resumes after hurricanes appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story