September 8, 2026

Cash dairy prices were mixed Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.7525. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0025 to $1.4625. No sales were reported.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5325. No sales were reported.  Butter was down $0.0375 to $1.4025. Thirteen sales were reported ranging from $1.40 to $1.4225.  […] The post Butter and nonfat dry milk move higher Tuesday at the CME appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. corn and soybean export inspections are a little slow to start the new marketing year. The USDA says most the corn inspections for the week during September 3rd were for old crop delivery, and the new crop pace is slightly behind last year as relatively U.S. high prices are having some impact on demand. […] The post Early 26/27 corn, soybean export inspections trail 25/26 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Now that the U.S. government is funded through mid-December, an ag lobbyist says the U.S. Senate has time to work on a farm bill. Randy Russell with The Russell Group tells Brownfield he’s optimistic about the vote that’s expected again in the Senate Ag Committee when senators return next week, as two more committee members […] The post Ag lobbyist sees path for farm bill passage by year-end appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A United Soybean Board member says farmers can help demonstrate the quality of U.S. soy as the industry works to expand global markets. Brent Rendel from Oklahoma tells Brownfield farmers are encouraged to submit soybean samples at harvest through the checkoff’s annual quality survey. “We provide them with a kit that’s got a prepaid label […] The post Soybean quality survey helps promote U.S. soy in global markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A pair of ag economists with the University of Illinois say input costs are likely to continue to limit farmer profitability next season. During a recent FarmDoc webinar, Gary Schnitkey says updated projections show the potential for positive margins in 2027. “We are cautiously optimistic that returns will be higher in ‘26 and ‘27 than […] The post High inputs mean high break-evens for 2027 crop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story