As labor and trucking shortages create challenges nationwide, the National Pork Board is working to quantify those impacts at the farm level. CEO Bill Even tells Brownfield they launched a comprehensive labor study on the US pork industry last week. “Because at the end of the day, if we go up to somebody and say we have a labor shortage, they’ll say take a number and get in line because […]
Mar. corn closed at $6.83 and 3/4, up 9 centsMar. soybeans closed at $16.75, up 40 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $471.10, up $17.40Mar. soybean oil closed at 70.72, up 57 pointsMar. wheat closed at $8.76, up 31 and 3/4 centsApr. live cattle closed at $143.05, down 70 centsApr. lean hogs closed at $108.02, down $4.05Mar. Class III milk closed at $22.02, down 44 centsApr. ...
Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying, with March closing just shy of the 2021 spot price high. Beans roared to new highs with strength in bean meal, with March establishing a fresh closing high, and China buying 132,000 tons of 2022/23 U.S. beans. That is the sixth day in a row with an announced purchase of U.S. soybeans for a running total of 815,000 tons, including 575,500 […]
February Class III milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady at $20.89. March down 44 cents at $22.02. April 38 lower at $22.48. May through July contracts 3 higher to 18 lower. Dry whey unchanged at $0.81. Blocks steady at $1.99. Barrels down $0.02 at $1.9350. Butter down $0.01 at $2.64. Five trades, ranging from $2.64 to $2.6475. Nonfat dry milk up $0.01 at $1.86. Twelve trades with a […]
The leading yielder in the pilot of the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network says 140-bushel wheat was below average for him. Modeled after efforts to improve wheat yields in the United Kingdom, the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network started last growing season with a few dozen growers including Jeff Krohn. “It really is learning a lot about how the wheat is growing, weather conditions, nutrients that we’re putting on, trying […]
Photo Credit: IL Pork An Illinois farmer says input costs are just as much of a concern on the livestock side of his operation as they are on the grain side. Thomas Titus raises corn, soybeans, and pigs in Elkhart, Illinois. He tells Brownfield the good news for grain farmers is high commodity prices are helping ease high fertilizer costs, but those high grain prices are both a blessing and […]
When it comes to snow this winter in South Dakota is a story of haves and have nots. South Dakota Farm Bureau President Scott VanderWal farms in the eastern part of the state, “We’ve had a pretty decent winter as far as snowfall. Not a lot of it. Out in western South Dakota they want some snow and they’re not getting it because they that to melt next spring and […]
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has proclaimed this week as FFA week in the state. Parson drove to work in a tractor this morning accompanied by Missouri FFA President Kaitlin Kleiboeker to celebrate National FFA Week. He tells Brownfield FFA week shows youth in ag the respect they deserve while showcasing the industry’s importance in Missouri. “I think when you look at this generation out here today, you’re going to see […]
For the remainder of Wednesday, rain showers in the eastern U.S. will gradually end. Meanwhile, a storm emerging from the Southwest will produce locally heavy snow in the Four Corners States and wintry precipitation from the southern Plains into the mid-South. On Thursday, storm impacts across the nation’s mid-section will reach peak intensity. For example, snow will blanket the central Plains and upper Midwest; sleet and freezing rain will extend […]
