July 17, 2026

Cash dairy prices were mostly up Friday to end the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6950. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0275 to $1.6275. One sale was recorded at $1.62.  Cheese barrels were up $0.010 to $1.6125. Four sales were reported ranging from $1.60 to $1.6125.  Butter was up $0.0025 to $1.59. Eleven sales were recorded ranging from $1.58 to $1.59.  Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0025 to $1.47. No sales were reported.  The post Cash dairy prices mostly up to end the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior dairy analyst with Terrain says consumer demand for protein is helping drive market opportunities for dairy producers.  Ben Lane says favorable margins and additional revenue streams are helping keep producers afloat. “Feed is still relatively affordable,” he says. “We also have the added bonus of beef on dairy. It will take some additional […] The post Protein demand expected to support the dairy markets in the second half of 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A trade specialist believes trade between the U.S. and China will continue to decline.  Dr. Sam Gregg with the American Institute for Economic Research says U.S. agriculture has benefitted from trade with China, but the relationship took a turn in 2012. “A very different economic approach, the state (began) taking a much bigger role in […] The post Trade outlook: China loses ground as India emerges for U.S. agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, thick smoke from wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blankets an area from the Great Lakes region into the Ohio Valley. Scattered showers & thunderstorms have begun to develop across the upper Great Lakes region, with convective activity expected more broadly later Friday mainly east of the Mississippi River. Except in […] The post Hot weather throughout the Heartland; heat wave winds-down; sct’d rains centered across parts of the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, thick smoke from wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blankets an area from the Great Lakes region into the Ohio Valley. Scattered showers & thunderstorms have begun to develop across the upper Great Lakes region, with convective activity expected more broadly later Friday mainly east of the Mississippi River. Except in […] The post Hot weather throughout the Heartland; heat wave winds-down; sct’d rains centered on the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in the Great Lakes and Northeastern States. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation should occur nationwide, with the Southwest and areas along the Atlantic Coast having the greatest likelihood of experiencing wet weather. The post A significant cool-off ahead for parts of the Heartland, centered from the northern Plains to the eastern Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story