There was no change in the Global Dairy Trade index in Tuesday’s trading session, as the average dairy product price remained at $3,479 dollars a metric ton. Price increases for butter and anhydrous milk fat offset losses by Cheddar cheese and skim milk powder. Butter prices were up 5.5% to $5,379 dollars per metric ton or $2.43 per pound. Anhydrous milk fat was up half of a percent to $4,758 […]
Airable Research Lab, funded by Ohio soybean checkoff dollars, focuses on developing new products that use soy-based oils and feedstocks. Those products do two things – they increase demand for Ohio soybeans and the solve both industry and consumer challenges. In this Voice of Soy, Barry McGraw, chief laboratory officer at Airable provides an update on the lab. ...
South-Central Nebraska farmer Doug Saathoff says crops will struggle during this week’s extreme temperatures when highs approach 100 degrees. “We just don’t have a lot of subsoil moisture going into this year. It’s hard to stay ahead when the temperatures are getting over 90. We’re starting to get some wind so that makes it worse.” Areas of the Great Plains will see daytime highs in the middle to upper 90s […]
In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, Missouri Corn board member and central Missouri farmer Jay Schutte talks about how ethanol is evolving to meet tomorrow’s fuel needs. ...
A livestock economist says the decline in diesel prices has provided relief to cattle transportation costs. Elliot Dennis with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says this has had a significant impact on margins. “Interest rates are rising, cattle prices are rising and now we have an additional thing that we’re bringing to light. This decision about transportation in the past may not have mattered, it really is mattering going forward.” […]
This week Illinois Soybean Association’s Agronomic Programs Coordinator Deanna Burkhart invites you to join their summer webinar series as she reviews dates, times, topics and registration details. ...
An Illinois ethanol plant is exploring a new way to capture and repurpose carbon. Bill Howell is General Manager for Adkins Energy in Lena. He tells Brownfield they have partnered with CapCO2 Solutions on a pilot project to collect CO2 from the plant and turn it into a renewable fuel called green methanol. “The products coming off will be hydrogen gas and oxygen, and we’re then taking the waste CO2 […]
Dr. Jessica McArt Dr. Jessica McArt from Cornell University tells Brownfield her research is showing the different kinds of calcium supplements and delivery methods still might not be as helpful as a good nutrition program 6-20-23 Managing for Profit – Dr. Jessica McArt ...
A recent program in Indiana hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Soybean Nutrition Institute Global provided registered dietitians with an opportunity to learn more about the life of a soybean. Sarah Alsager is with SNI Global. AUDIO: Healthy Living on soybeans ...
