Agriculture

The owner of a mid-Missouri auction barn says persistent drought conditions combined with high prices has brought a record number of cattle to auction. Jack Harrison with Callaway Livestock Center tells Brownfield at one of the biggest sales of the year in early June they moved about 400 cattle more than the same sale last year. “The 500 pound steers, a lot of them, sold for $290 to $305.50. I […]

A new milk product on the market provides all the protein and essential vitamins and minerals consumers need without artificial ingredients and isn’t loaded with sugars. Dan Ellsworth, CEO of Dari LLC says their milk, Moo’v, is exactly what consumers have wanted. AUDIO: Healthy Living on consumer beverage options ...

The situation with African swine fever in the Western Hemisphere is becoming more dire.  National Pork Producers Council director of animal health Dr. Anna Forseth says ASF is now considered endemic in the Dominican Republic and Haiti despite substantial U.S. investment to eradicate the disease. “African swine fever management just isn’t able to be a priority given all the other factors going on in those countries, so we’re looking to […]

Cotton export sales shot sharply higher during the week ending June 1st. The USDA says sales of upland cotton hit a marketing year high at more than 480,000 bales, with most of that to China, which will primarily be used to manufacture clothing.  Soybean and pork export sales also showed week-to-week improvements, while sales of other major commodities were down on the week. Export trade is driven by several factors […]

More than 70 biofuel stakeholders are calling on the Biden administration to increase biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels volumes as the EPA is expected to finalize Renewable Fuel Standard volumes next week. Paul Winters with Clean Fuel Alliance America tells Brownfield the industry produces more fuel than what the current RFS proposal calls for. “It’s going to undercut the price of Rims. It’s going to discourage production. It’s going to […]

Progress on the Green Bison Soy Processing Plant, a joint venture between Archer Daniels Midland and Marathon Petroleum Corporation, continues in Spiritwood, North Dakota. In this episode of Fueling Conversations, Green Bison Soy Processing President Mike Keller discusses how the $352 million project will feature state-of-the-art technology to process up to 150,000 bushels of local soybeans a day. The facility will produce soybean meal as well as refined soybean oil […]

State agencies will allow haying along some state highways and waive permit fees to transport extra wide hay loads to help Missouri’s livestock producers weather drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor says at least 80% of Missouri is experiencing some kind of dryness as June begins and there’s a shortage of forage and pastureland. At a Drought Assessment Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jeremy Moseley with the Farm Service Agency said hay […]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal rainfall across large sections of the U.S., with exceptions confined to the northern and southern tiers of the country.  For example, warmer-than-normal weather will be largely limited to two areas—from the Pacific Northwest to Lake Superior and from Texas to Florida. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal conditions should be confined to western Washington, […]