April 9, 2026

Cash dairy prices were mixed again on Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, as nonfat dry milk remains above two dollars and butter makes a small price recovery.    Dry whey was unchanged at $0.70.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0125 at $1.5525.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0175 at $1.5725.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was up $0.01 at $1.7375.  Twenty-seven sales were recorded, ranging from $1.71 to $1.7450.  Nonfat dry milk was up $0.0350 at $2.06, […] The post Nonfat dry milk stays above $2 in mixed cash dairy market appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist with Texas A&M University says the challenges facing U.S. agriculture go beyond low prices and high input costs. Joe Outlaw says getting lost export markets back won’t be easy. “We have more competition from Brazil than we’ve ever had from any other country because they are very low cost. And while they’re […] The post Outlaw: lost export markets and Brazil competition add pressure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in the Missouri Bootheel says he’s grateful for the recent one-inch rain. Aaron Porter tells Brownfield he had stopped planting last week, because field conditions had gotten too dry. “We were having to go pretty deep with the planter’s row cleaners, kind of blowing the beds out a little bit. And then we […] The post Dry conditions improve in Missouri, farmers resume soybean planting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Slower demand is having an impact on the U.S. rice supply. The USDA now sees domestic rice ending stocks at 55.3 million hundredweight, an increase of 5 million from March’s report. That’s due to lower domestic use and declining export numbers, especially for the Western Hemisphere. There were no changes to the domestic balance sheet […] The post Rice ending stocks rise as demand slows, cotton carryout steady appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA raised its domestic wheat ending stocks guess, while leaving corn and soybean carryout unchanged. The U.S. wheat supply is seen at 938 million bushels, 7 million more than March on higher imports and lower seed use. Corn was left at 2.127 billion bushels, with no adjustments, and soybeans were steady at 350 million […] The post USDA sees larger 25/26 U.S. wheat ending stocks, no changes for corn, soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Wisconsin dairy farmer who grows corn, alfalfa, and triticale for feed says he’s not in a hurry to plant. Mike Yager says, “Our ground ain’t ready yet as far as I’m concerned.” Yager says with the recent rains, he hasn’t had ideal conditions for spreading manure, and with the cost of seed, fuel, and […] The post Wisconsin farmer not rushing to plant appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A western Illinois farmer says planting progress is limited in his area. Brady Holst, who grows corn and soybeans in Hancock County, says he’s not started yet, but neighbors in the area did put some seed in the ground before April turned rainy. “Even with the rain earlier in March, it was still pretty dry […] The post Western Illinois farmer sees little planting progress in his area appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Ohio farmer says he’s in no rush to get started planting. “We’re a little wet and cold.” Jed Bower tells Brownfield additional rain chances are in the forecast, but it could warm up this weekend. “I’m not against starting next week to try and get some soybeans in. Then, we can get that […] The post Ohio farmer eyes next week for possible planting window appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story