The U.S. Dairy Export Council says higher prices and added cheese demand carried exports during January. Total export values for the month were up 16 percent from 2021 to $586 million while the volume declined by three percent. The council says tight global dairy supplies are increasing values but demand for nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder and whey was down on the year. Export volumes of nonfat dry milk/skim milk […]
The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Illinois this year has been detected in a wild bird population. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed HPAI in three wild Canadian geese in Will County. The Illinois Department of Agriculture reports that while there have been no confirmed cases in domestic poultry, the discovery shows the disease is present in the state and could be circulating through […]
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying but ended the session below the day’s highs. CONAB lowered its outlook for Brazil’s bean crop by 2.702 million tons, now at 122.77 million, which is under the most recent USDA guess. CONAB left its export projection for Brazil unchanged, for now. Brazil’s National Association of Cereal Exports estimates March soybean exports at 13.769 million tons, compared to the initial projection of […]
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued lower Thursday as markets dropped back into the $23 range with cash trade under pressure. March Class III milk was down 12 cents at $22.42. April 37 cents lower at $23.89. May down 37 cents at $23.88. June 37 cents lower at $23.83. July through September five to 35 cents lower. Dry whey unchanged at $0.7575. Blocks unchanged at $2.2325. Barrels down […]
The CEO of the National Pork Board is highlighting the Real Pork trust and image brand during the National Pork Forum. Bill Even says it’s not an advertising campaign. “It’s really the brand image of who we are as an industry going forward,” he says. “We’re real farmers on real farms that have real pigs that produce real pork, and that pork is real nutritious and real sustainable.” He tells […]
Commentary. I spent some time Sunday afternoon reading through old deeds and abstracts from my family farm in west central Illinois. Jonathon and Elizabeth Young were early pioneers who settled in the part of Morgan County that would later become Scott County sometime in the early 1820’s. Both Jonathon’s and Elizabeth’s parents had been farmers in Virginia, then Kentucky, before moving further west. Farming is in my DNA. Reading the […]
Grand Rapids-based energy distribution company Crystal Flash plans to match donations made to the Michigan FFA Foundation for the month of March. Assistant director of development for the foundation Kyle Schaberg tells Brownfield Crystal Flash came to the organization with the fundraising idea to help dollars go further to support agricultural education. “Crystal Flash is going to provide $10,000 of matching funds, essentially matching dollar for dollar whether it’s an […]
Corn and beef export sales hit marketing year highs during the week ending March 3rd. The USDA says old crop corn sales topped 2.1 million tons, with substantial purchases by unknown destinations, Japan, and Mexico. Beef sales were 27,500 tons, mainly to China, Japan, and South Korea. Combined old and new crop soybean sales were more than 3 million tons, continuing the spike related to lower South American production and […]
USDA has announced $35 million is available in grant funding to support veteran and underserved farmers and ranchers. Through the USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, or the 2501 Program, nonprofits, educational institutions, and tribal entities can apply for funds to help underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers. Over the past decade, the program has awarded nearly $160 million for […]
