An ag meteorologist says there’s more snow in the forecast for the Northern Corn Belt over the weekend. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says the Dakotas and Minnesota have already received up to 6 or 8 inches of snow this week and another snowstorm is expected over the weekend. He says high wind gusts…… Continue Reading
An agronomist says the fading El Niño weather pattern will likely coincide with an early planting season. Mitch Roth tells Brownfield the warm, dry conditions in the northern U.S. might be ideal for fieldwork, but, “It can also be problematic if it stays dry.” “Germination can be poor and some of our residual herbicides that…… Continue Reading
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of Friday’s On Feed report, which showed placements much larger than pre-report expectations. April live cattle closed $.87 lower at $187.50 and June lives closed $1.60 lower at $182.90. April feeders closed $3.12 lower at $251.50 and May feeders closed $4.30 lower at…… Continue Reading
May corn closed at $4.39 and 1/4, down 1 and 1/2 centsMay soybeans closed at $11.92 and 1/2, down 19 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $339.10, down $5.20May soybean oil closed at 47.64, down 115 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.54 and 3/4, up 8 centsApr. live cattle closed at $187.50, down 87 centsApr.…… Continue Reading
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling, taking contracts to a weekly loss. Soybeans pulled back and liquidated with a lower move in products, including a decline in bean oil linked to losses in palm oil. Brazil’s harvest is about 70% complete and Argentina’s crop is in much better shape than this time…… Continue Reading
A recent report from the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers shows Illinois farmland values were strong in 2023 despite a weaking farm economy. Luke Worrell, with Worrell Land Services in Jacksonville, tells Brownfield the results were a surprise… “A year ago many of us would have projected a leveling off,” he…… Continue Reading
An agriscience teacher says successful FFA programs are as strong as their local community support. Aaron Saari is the longest-serving agricultural sciences teacher at Maple Valley Public Schools, which is located about 30 minutes southwest of Lansing. “Kids come in as fresh-faced students and they leave here as young adults all ready take on the…… Continue Reading
Milk futures and the cash dairy markets continued to fall Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. April Class III milk was down $0.17 at $15.57. May was down $0.09 at $16.16. June was down $0.13 at $16.86. July was down $0.10 at $17.67. August through February contracts ranged from six cents lower in August to two cents higher in September. Friday’s Class…… Continue Reading
The USDA’s chicken and egg numbers were up in February. February egg production climbed 5% on the year to 8.62 billion, with a slight decline in the number of layers canceled out by a higher rate of lay per hen. Table and hatching egg production were both above year ago levels. The number of egg…… Continue Reading
Brooks and Yearwood are sharing the story about the cake-related fiasco that almost put a major damper on their special day. Continue reading…… Continue Reading
