Some Illinois farmers say marketing will be the biggest challenge of the 2024 growing season. Mark Schweizer, who farms in Montgomery County, says he’s not sure what to do with the crop he started harvesting this week. “Sell it out of the field and buy a call?” He says, “I don’t know what I’m going…… Continue Reading
CME cash dairy prices mostly down Thursday
Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.0075 at $0.5875. Six sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5875 to $0.5975. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.03 at $2.2750. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $2.27 to $2.2750. Cheese barrels were down $0.0125 at $2.61. No sales were…… Continue Reading
Where Will Our Leftovers Go? Tupperware Files for Bankruptcy
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Luke Combs’ Wife Thought He Got Arrested After Watching the News
Nicole got a big shock when she turned on the morning news. Continue reading…… Continue Reading
CREP expansion coming to Indiana
The director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program is expanding. Don Lamb says the program benefits farmers. “Farmers are the best environmentalists. Farmers want to do what’s right for the environment,” he says. “There are times because of the cost of things that it just becomes really cost…… Continue Reading
Farmland values surprisingly stable
The CEO of National Land Realty says he’s surprised farmland values have remained high despite low commodity prices. Ronnie Richardson tells Brownfield he recently talked to a Kansas farmer about the corn market. “He had his corn booked at $4.10, and you go ‘what in the world, how could you farm your way out of…… Continue Reading
Eastern Iowa farmer starts soybean harvest
Eastern Iowa farmer Jeff Pape started soybean harvest Wednesday. “Yields are decent, anywhere from some timber fields that don’t get good sun and are on sand ground that ended up about 63 (bushels per acre). The next field that’s decent is probably running low 70’s (for yield), but they’re dry.” The Dyersville corn and soybean…… Continue Reading
Good week for new crop corn, soybean export sales
New crop U.S. corn and soybean export sales were up on the week. The USDA says Mexico, unknown destinations, and Japan led the pack for corn during the week ending September 12th, while China purchased more than half of the weekly total for soybeans. Both corn and beans continue to see a lot of competition…… Continue Reading
Trisha Yearwood’s Instagram Was Hacked… for a Very Sweet Reason
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Red crown rot impacting Illinois farmers
A Pioneer agronomist says red crown rot is having a major impact on some soybean growers. Matt Montgomery says his west central Illinois territory is ground zero for the relatively new fungal disease. “We’ve seen yield losses 40 to 60%.” He says, “We’ve seen some real devastating, you know, one offs where yield gets dropped…… Continue Reading
