June 23, 2025

Rainfall amounts have varied widely in Wisconsin during June, affecting crop conditions. Andy Bensend raises corn, wheat, and soybeans near Dallas in northwestern Wisconsin.  He tells Brownfield moisture has not been a problem for his farm so far.  “Since the last ten days, we’ve been getting enough moisture so that our topsoils are fully recharged.  […] The post Weather systems are not bringing rain to everyone appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower except butter Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was unchanged at $0.57.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0150 at $1.65. Two sales were recorded at $1.65 and $1.6525.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.6575. No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were up $0.0250 to […] The post Cash dairy prices mostly lower except butter Monday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northwestern Wisconsin farmer has been busy haying and spraying but is spraying less after gradually changing his crop rotation plan. Andy Bensend raises corn, soybeans, and wheat in Barron County and does custom harvesting of hay for nearby dairies.  He tells Brownfield the sprayers have been out.  “We’re doing the second pass of residuals […] The post More wheat in rotation helps Wisconsin farm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says that as of the week ending June 19th, corn and soybean export inspections remain ahead of what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year began September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum, while 2025/26 got underway June 1st for wheat. The USDA’s next round of supply […] The post Corn, sorghum export inspections above week ago appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A market analyst is watching the crop condition rating for U.S. soybeans. Michael Cordonnier with Soybean and Corn Advisor says USDA’s good to excellent rating dropped two percentage points last week. “I think it was due to saturated conditions impacting emergence and plant populations for the soybeans.  Now it’s very early of course, the soybeans […] The post Early condition ratings suggest soybeans may not achieve record yields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of commodity programs and food systems with the Illinois Farm Bureau says the state’s dairy industry seems to have stabilized. Tasha Bunting says the industry contraction that’s been experienced in recent years has leveled off. “We are still seeing some of those dairies exit the industry, but we are not decreasing cow numbers […] The post Illinois dairy industry showing stability; helping those in need appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story