Dairy can make breakfast easy

If you’re a parent of school-aged kids – sometimes breakfast can be a chore.  Jessica Kassel, a registered dietitian with the St. Louis Dairy Council, says it doesn’t have to be – and there are several easy options. AUDIO: Healthy Living on dairy for breakfast The post Dairy can make breakfast easy appeared first on…Continue Reading

Soybean harvest underway in southeast Minnesota

The soybean harvest is underway in southeast Minnesota. Northfield farmer Bruce Peterson tells Brownfield some early maturity varieties planted the last week of April turned quickly thanks to warm and dry September weather. “Not a lot of beans ready, touch and go if we could keep going all day today or if we’re going to…Continue Reading

Marketing questions remain as harvest picks up

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

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

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