On The Ground from Commodity Classic, Brownfield’s Carah Hart talks with Illinois farmer Colby Hunt and Anna Teeter, Conservation Agronomist with Cargill about regenerative agriculture and how Hunt Farms has adopted soil health practices. Click here to learn more about Cargill RegenConnect™. ...
The plea for Congress to reverse increasing H-2A seasonal guest worker costs is building as farm groups press for action on the Department of Labor’s new rule. Michigan Farm Bureau’s John Kran tells Brownfield his organization is issuing an action alert this week calling on lawmakers to cosponsor and support Congressional Review Act resolutions that would disapprove the methodology used to determine Adverse Effect Wage Rates. “The Congressional Review Act […]
Members of the House want to know what steps USDA is taking to mitigate highly pathogenic avian influenza. During a hearing of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, USDA veterinarian Dr. Alecia Naugle said it’s a whole-of-industry response and, “We do provide cooperative agreement funding directly to states that are impacted by HPAI to assist with their response as well as education and outreach with those local […]
A Wisconsin Congressman wants USDA to help fix a whole milk marketing regulation. Derrick Van Orden During a House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry hearing Tuesday, freshman 3rd District Republican Derrick Van Orden asked USDA Undersecretary Jenny Lester Moffitt why the milkfat percentage of whole milk cannot be on the package for consumers to see. “We go to the store, we can buy skim milk, we can buy 1% […]
May corn closed at $6.77 and 1/2, up 1 centMay soybeans closed at $15.19 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $461.10, down $4.60May soybean oil closed at 55.36, up 79 pointsMay wheat closed at $6.98, up 1 and 1/2 centsJun. live cattle closed at $165.20 up 32 centsMay feeder cattle closed at $211.50, up 75 centsMay lean hogs closed at $78.82, down $2.17May Class III milk […]
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Contracts were helped out by the higher bean oil and better-than-expected economic data from China along with solid domestic demand. Soybean oil was up on Monday’s NOPA stocks number and a rally in global vegetable oils, while bean meal was mixed on bear spreading. Brazil’s record harvest is entering the late stages with their prices at a huge discount to U.S. soybeans, […]
A state officer from Ohio is observing the Iowa FFA State Leadership Conference in Ames as she prepares for her state convention next month. Ohio FFA State Reporter Aly Murphy says she’s friends with Iowa’s state officer team. “And we’re kind of just here to watch convention, see how Iowa does things, and watch our friends the state officers retire this year.” She tells Brownfield the convention is impressive. ...
A meteorologist says farmers across the Corn Belt should expect a gradual transition to an El Nino weather pattern. Matt Makens says while the warmup is underway, it will take some time for the atmosphere to respond. “I personally am not planning for a robust El Nino pattern across the country,” he says. “I think we’re in a hybrid situation – eliminating some of the extremes. We’re going to take […]
Dairy Farmers of America expects to soon start incentivizing climate-smart practices as part of a $45 million grant from UDSA. Kristen Coady tells Brownfield their pilot should put farmers in the center of a climate-smart commodities economy. “Our grant gives incentives to farmers to adopt new technologies that can help them be more sustainable and then us developing and introducing into the market some low-climate dairy products—the returns because we […]
