Wisconsin farmers are being advised to watch for black cutworm damage once crops emerge. Krista Hamilton with the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says a substantial number of black cutworm moths were caught in pheromone traps in the week ending May 4th, with the highest numbers found in Barron, Dunn, Chippewa, and Rusk counties. The 50 traps had an average of 11.3 moths per trap last week, […]
Jul. corn closed at $5.96 and 1/2, up 7 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $14.36 and 1/2, up 18 and 3/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $426.10, up $1.50Jul. soybean oil closed at 54.33, up 185 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.60 and 1/4, up 15 and 1/4 centsJun. live cattle closed at $161.92, up 35 centsMay feeder cattle closed at $202.52, down $1.12May lean hogs closed at $75.52, down $1.55May […]
The 2022-2023 Ohio FFA officer team is busy hosting the state’s 95th FFA Convention. Landon Shelpman is the vice president at large. “Something I really want to highlight about this convention is how emotional it is,” he says. “You see the winners throwing their hands up and cheering. There is a lot of excitement with Ohio FFA at this convention.” Ohio FFA President Aubrey Schwartz says her favorite part of […]
Signup for the USDA’s Rice Production Program will begin the week of May 8 for farmers who experienced losses in the 2022 growing season. The program will provide up to $250 million to rice farmers based on planted and prevent plant acres for the one-time program. Types of rice that are eligible are short, medium, and long-grain rice, including japonica, temperate, and sweet rice. Industrial and wild rice aren’t eligible. The […]
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, pulling contracts to a weekly gain. Beans and bean oil had some help from the broader market, especially crude oil, and global vegetable oils. Soybean meal futures finished Friday mixed on bull spreading. U.S. planting is ongoing, while Brazil’s record harvest is nearly over and Argentina’s much smaller harvest is a third complete. Brazil continues to control the export market, but […]
Several dairy products had more production in March. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says total cheese output was 1.23 billion pounds excluding cottage cheese. That’s 11.7% higher than in February but 0.2% less than a year ago. Italian-type cheeses totaled 512 million pounds, up 11.5% from February but 1.5% below March of last year. American-type cheese production totaled 499 million pounds, 12.5% higher than in February and 3.2% higher than […]
Rural residents often face barriers to accessing mental healthcare. Rural Minds Executive Director Chuck Strand says the organization is working to address those challenges. “We’d like to give people the resources, the information, the training for being able to not only understand and be capable of tackling these tough situations on their own,” he says. “But then also encouraging them to share that information.” Compared to urban counterparts, rural Americans […]
An Environmental Protection Agency Regional Director says anaerobic digesters are a solution for waste management and capturing farm emissions. EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore tells Brownfield the agency, along with USDA, is working to accelerate anaerobic digestion capacity to reduce methane emissions and divert food waste from landfills while generating a renewable energy source, “I think this model with an independent operator and manager so the farmer can focus on […]
Global food prices are increasing for the first time since 2022. Maximo Torrero Cullen is the chief economist with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. “The expectation is that prices will go into a plateau, and they will stabilize, but at a high level for one year or two.” The latest FAO Food Price Index showed an increase of 0.6% for April, the first jump since […]
