The University of Wisconsin River Falls college Farm Bureau chapter is exposing everyone on campus and the community to the opportunities available in agriculture. Serenity Hetke is a senior from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and is the present Campus Farm Bureau chapter president. “This is a great way to meet students where they’re at that possibly have no experience in agriculture and they can just come by and see what agriculture is […]
Adverse weather conditions are making it difficult for farmers to make burndown herbicide applications. Ron Geis is an Iowa-based market development specialist for Corteva Agriscience and tells Brownfield it’s been windy and wet this month. “Of course getting the crop planted into the ground can be difficult, as well as getting some good timely herbicide applications made. But I think that speaks really strongly to having a good two-pass program […]
An extension agronomist says despite some variability across the state, the one word to describe conditions in South Dakota is “dry.” Jonathan Kleinjan with South Dakota State University tells Brownfield spring wheat growers in the central part of the state are chasing moisture. “Some guys called me a couple weeks ago and wanted to know how deep they could plant it because they were worried about getting the moisture to […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day mostly higher watching corn and waiting for direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $.77 higher at $136.57 and August live cattle closed $.80 higher at $138.17. May feeder cattle closed $.02 lower at $171.45. There was a light direct cash cattle trade in the South on Tuesday. Deals were at $140 to $141 live, $1 to […]
An agronomist says farmers are under additional pressure this year with the slow start to the growing season and ongoing supply chain concerns. UPL Technical Services Rep Lynn Justesen says those challenges make the timing for fungicide and herbicide applications even more critical. “If we don’t get it sprayed right the first time, we never do as good coming back and cleaning up fields,” he says. “But if we don’t […]
A Central Kansas cattle producer says the drought is squeezing feed supplies and higher commodity prices are leaving him with few solutions. “I’ve got a lot of neighbors running out of feed. “We don’t have any grass growing.” Keith Miller, who farms and raises cattle in Barton County, tells Brownfield he usually takes his pairs to pasture in mid-April, but this year he’s waiting. “We can get them out […]
May corn closed at $8.04, down 9 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.16 and 1/2, up 1 and 3/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $464.40, down $1.60May soybean oil closed at $80.21, up 22 pointsMay wheat closed at $10.99, down 21 and 1/2 centsApr. live cattle closed at $141.35, up 87 centsJune lean hogs closed at $121.32, down $1.07May Class III milk closed at $24.38, down 75 centsMay crude […]
Soybeans were mixed, adjusting spreads. It was an up and down day with concerns about demand around these price levels against bullish fundamentals. Crush margins are strong, Ukraine is the world’s biggest exporter of sunflower oil, and both Ukraine and Russia are significant players in the global energy market. Estimates for Brazil’s crop are well below a year ago due to drought, which also limited production in Argentina, so a […]
Many Midwestern corn and soybean farmers are waiting for soils to warm up before planting. University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter tells Brownfield soil temps at 3 to 4 inches deep should be at least 50 degrees and trending up. “So if that soil temperature drops to around 40 degrees or lower within one to two days after planting, that’s not a good thing because we can have […]
