An ag meteorologist says above normal rainfall in May across much of Missouri, and the Midwest left some areas with two to three times their normal precipitation. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated tells Brownfield… “Some of the totals in central Missouri reached 10 to 15 inches. The same thing in a small part of […] The post Lerner: above-normal rainfall to continue appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
Cash dairy prices were mixed again on Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.0125 at $0.6775. Two sales were recorded at $0.6775 and $0.68. Forty-pound cheese blocks remained unchanged at $1.4750. Fifteen sales were recorded, ranging from $1.4725 to $1.48. Cheese barrels remained unchanged at $1.44. Two sales were recorded at $1.43 and $1.44. Butter was up $0.04 at $1.71. Twenty-three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.68 to $1.71. Nonfat dry milk was up 0.02 at $2.15. Six sales were recorded, ranging from $2.14 to $2.15. The post Cash dairy mixed with whey down, butter up Tuesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
The Illinois Corn Marketing Board has long utilized corn checkoff funding to share the story of Illinois corn farmers with consumers. In this Managing for Profit, Lindsay Croke, director of communications and marketing with ICMB, discusses some of the current ways the message of Illinois corn is reaching the masses. The post Marketing to the Masses appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
The importance of a safe and efficient beef supply chain. Nearly 70 attendees toured the nation’s largest feed lot and meat processing plant this week and got a first-hand look at how the segments work hand-in-hand. Ellie Schlipf is a cow-calf producer from Indiana. “The people that it takes to run that (the plant) blew […] The post From feedyard to packing plant: Understanding the feef supply chain appeared first […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to northern New England. The post Early-season warmth, heat for most; increased rainfall chances for most areas of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather covers the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms dot the remainder of the Midwest. Early Monday, some of the heaviest rain is affecting the middle Mississippi Valley. Although Midwestern growing conditions remain mostly favorable for corn and soybeans, short-term dryness developed during May in parts of the northern […] The post Welcome rains on parts of the Plains; temps moderate to seasonal warmth […]
A Wisconsin farmer says modern corn hybrids are outperforming old varieties by a long shot. Mike Berget grows crops in western Wisconsin near River Falls and tells Brownfield that science has led to much better corn. “The old adage of knee high by the Fourth of July, it’s kind of more like knee high by […] The post Modern genetics, fertility make the old “knee high” saying obsolete appeared first […]
A marketing expert says the butter market has stabilized since the first part of the year. Mike North with Ever.ag tells Brownfield butter prices have floated within a ten-cent range throughout May, between $1.52 and $1.64. “You know, this time of the year, that’s not uncommon, so yeah, to be down a couple of cents […] The post Marketer says butter prices have stabilized appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
A farmer in southeast South Dakota says he’s been busy turning wheat into cattle feed. Matt Bainbridge, from Davison County, tells Brownfield… “We just had such a dry spring. Then hot, and a couple of late freezes. So it was really hard on the wheat and on the pastures too are really struggling.” He says […] The post South Dakota farmer says dry spring stress wheat and pastures appeared first […]
