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PHOTO: Alice in Dairyland Finalists L-R Charitee Seebecker, Amber Cafferty, Amelia Hayden, 74th Alice in Dairyland Julia Nunes, Taylor Schaefer, Samantha Schuessler, Courtney Moser Wisconsin will have a new Alice in Dairyland Saturday night as the 75th Alice is selected in Dane County. Jill Makovec Wisconsin’s 60th Alice Jill Makovec serves on the Dane County committee hosting the Alice in Dairyland Finals.  She says the program started in 1948 as part […]

A recent survey has found that feeing stressed is all too common in 2022 and some consumers are turning to diet and nutrition to help manage it. Ali Webster, director of research and nutrition communications with the International Food Information Council shares some of the latest results from the 2022 Food and Health Survey surrounding stress. Healthy Living: Click here for more information. ...

Jul. corn closed at $7.78 and 3/4, down 4 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $17.05 and 1/4, up 14 and 3/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $429.90, up $4.60Jul. soybean oil closed at 80.93, up 140 pointsJul. wheat closed at $11.68 and 3/4, down 31 and 3/4 centsJun. live cattle closed at $131.57, up 7 centsJun. lean hogs closed at $108.87, up $3.57Jun. ...

Milk futures were down and cash dairy prices were mixed to close the week on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. May Class III milk was down $.03 at $25.09.  June closed down $.32 at $24.48.  July closed down $.20 at $24.65.  August was down $.36 at $24.12.  September through March contracts ranged from fourteen cents lower in September to thirteen cents higher in November. Dry whey was up $.0075 at […]

Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, adding onto the week’s gains. Soybeans had continued support from strong domestic crush margins, along with mostly good export demand. That strong crush demand and commercial support helped soybean meal and oil finish higher. More U.S. planting delays are probable into the coming week and, while it is early, the trade is keeping an eye out for any potential acreage adjustments. The […]

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says the ag economy has remained strong through the first quarter in the face of headwinds. Omaha Branch Executive Nate Kauffman tells Brownfield solid farm profitability remains despite strong concerns like high input costs. “It has led to a pretty significant increase in the financial position of many of our farm borrowers and farmland values are also quite high,” Kauffman said. “So, that […]

Central South Dakota farmer Reno Brueggeman says crop inputs have been hard to come by this planting season. “A lot of chemical suppliers that say they are out of supply and people are really shopping,” he said. “And I don’t mean shopping in a good way for price. They are shopping for supply.” He tells Brownfield he was fortunate to get products purchased last fall, but the most recent struggle […]

The USDA says 1.809 million cattle were placed into U.S. feedlots during April. That’s down 1% on the year but still towards the upper end of pre-report estimates and comes as drought continues to impact pastures conditions in some of the major feeding areas and relatively high feed prices cut into producers’ bottom lines. About half of those cattle weighed between 700 and 900 pounds, heading to market in late […]

AgriGold Agronomist Mitch Greve says Ohio farmers continue to experience a wide range of weather conditions this planting season.    “Overall I would say Ohio is a little behind the five-year average. These timely rains in spots keep putting farmers out of the field for a day or two,” he says. “As you get up in the northwest corner of the state, farmers are severely behind and keep getting rain […]