Spring wheat tour yields impressive results

Results from a recent crop tour indicate another bumper U.S. spring wheat crop. Dave Green with the Wheat Quality Council says scouts sampled more than 300 fields across the Dakotas and Minnesota. “The crop is big, it’s much above average for sure. They’ve had two record crops in a row (and) we’re in kind of…… Continue Reading

“Fantastic” pasture conditions in eastern Iowa, farmer says

An eastern Iowa cattle farmer says pasture conditions have been a pleasant surprise. Lisa Kubik tells Brownfield, “Pastures look fantastic. The last three to four years we’ve definitely been lacking more and more each year as we get less and less rainfall.” She says her area is no longer dealing with prolonged drought conditions because…… Continue Reading

RVO’s & exemption questions throttling soy crush

The president and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) says enough uncertainty remains in the biofuels industry to keep the nation’s soy crush plants from operating at full capacity. Devin Mogler says crush is up from the lows experienced earlier this year, but… “We’re kind of hanging in there around 80% utilization.”  He…… Continue Reading

Cash dairy markets go from active to quiet

The cash dairy market activity has gone from one extreme to the other. Katie Burgess with ever.ag tells Brownfield this past week has been eerily quiet, especially in the cheese market where there were no sales and no price changes from Friday, July 18th until Thursday, July 24th. “It’s also interesting that it’s coming off…… Continue Reading

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