Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 24, 2024

Dec. corn closed at $4.11 and 3/4, down 1 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans closed at $10.42 and 1/4, up 3 centsOct. soybean meal closed at $323.60, down $2.90Oct. soybean oil closed at 43.95, up 133 pointsDec. wheat closed at $5.78, down 4 and 1/2 centsOct. live cattle closed at $183.20, down 5 centsOct. feeder cattle…Continue Reading

Ag Innovation Campus closes

A state-of-the-art soy processing facility in northwest Minnesota is closing a year after beginning operations. In a statement, board directors for the Ag Innovation Campus in Crookston say it’s with deep regret that operations have come to an end. The plant suffered a fire in early August, and the board says they are in the…Continue Reading

Dangers of grain handling equipment

A farm safety specialist is bringing attention to the dangers of grain handling equipment. Megan Schossow with the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center says there’s an alarming trend of incidents involving augers. “Especially as we head into harvest season and folks that are still moving grain, clearing out bins, things of that nature.…Continue Reading

Understanding fermented foods

Fermentation of foods allows microorganisms like bacteria, yeast, or molds to break down food components, like sugars, into simpler compounds. Dr. Steve Lerner with Novonesis says these fermented foods provide several benefits. AUDIO: Healthy Living on understanding fermented foods The post Understanding fermented foods appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

BASF: Over-the-top dicamba not likely in 2025

A technical services representative with BASF says farmers should find an alternative to over-the-top dicamba herbicide in soybeans for 2025.  Mike Probst, who covers the southern half of Illinois for the company, says reauthorization of the product’s label is currently in the hands of the EPA. “And there’s potentially over a year that it could…Continue Reading

Mixed bag for Minnesota farmer beginning soybean harvest

Early harvest results are a mixed bag for southeast Minnesota soybean grower Darin Johnson. “Just got a couple hundred acres out, extremely variable. We’re still kind of cutting around a lot of drowned outs, so there’s still a lot of slough holes and all the kind of perimeter fringe areas of all those slough holes…Continue Reading

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