The Global Dairy Trade index went up for the first time since early February. Tuesday’s index rose 3.2% with an average price of $3,362 per metric ton. None of the dairy commodities offered had a price decrease in Tuesday’s trading session. Skim milk powder was up 7% at $2,776 per ton or $1.25 per pound. Cheddar cheese prices were up 5.7% at $4,411 per ton or $2.00 per pound. ...
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly higher Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. May Class III milk was unchanged at $17.47. June was up $0.04 at $17.87. July was up $0.01 at $18.43. August was up $0.03 at $19.00. September through March contracts ranged from seven cents lower in March to three cents higher in August. Dry whey was up $0.0275 at $0.3775. Seven sales were made from […]
South-Central Kansas farmer Craig Meeker says he’s already lost hope for his winter wheat crop. “We have wheat heading and actively dying at the same time. It’s probably the worst wheat crop I can remember since 1995.” He tells Brownfield many producers in his area have turned their wheat fields into a feed source for cattle. “Because the summer pasture and the grass hasn’t greened up, and there’s a lot […]
An ag economist says fertilizer prices are still high despite significant declines from 2022. David Widmar with Ag Economic Insights tells Brownfield prices have fallen, but not at the rate that they increased over the last two years. “Producers are going to need to keep a really close eye on their budgets, and thinking how this will play out over the next several months and even into next year.” He says […]
An online resource is connecting farmers with soybean checkoff-funded research to help them maximize yields and profitability. Cate Newberg says the Soybean Research and Information Network (SRIN) is a one-stop, easy-to-use tool for farmers who want to grow a better crop. “We mine the database and we pull projects out and we write them in a way that are easier for farmers to digest,” she says. “It tells you what the […]
Commentary. As I pen this column, farmers are farming like nobody’s business. Spring planting is going strong across much of the Midwest. In cow country, many of us have, with a sigh of relief, taken bale forks off tractors. Like many others, we were cutting it a little too close for comfort on hay stocks. With the help of fertilizer and faith, perhaps the 2023 hay crop will yield better […]
Commentary. As I pen this column, farmers are farming like nobody’s business. Spring planting is going strong across much of the Midwest. In cow country, many of us have, with a sigh of relief, taken bale forks off tractors. Like many others, we were cutting it a little too close for comfort on hay stocks. With the help of fertilizer and faith, perhaps the 2023 hay crop will yield better […]
In this episode of Missouri Corn Talk, National Corn Growers Association board member and Missouri Corn Growers Association Past President Gary Porter talks about priorities for the upcoming farm bill. ...
An Iowa FFA student is using her passion for storytelling to profile the lives of professional bull riders. Katlin Truelson of the DeWitt Central FFA chapter says her SAE brought her to a student-lead media group that travels around speaking about ag topics. “To talk to kids about what we kind of do as a team. We also traveled to Las Vegas and interviewed (bull riders) at the World Junior […]
