A central Iowa farmer is taking an aggressive grain marketing approach. Corey Hillebo of Polk City says he’s trying to capitalize on high commodity prices. “I would say we are further ahead in marketing for like new crop than we’ve ever been at this point.” He tells Brownfield he aggressively secured inputs for this growing season too. “Things like fuel and that kind of stuff, (prices are) definitely up there […]
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is stopping poultry events until the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza subsides. All poultry and waterfowl exhibitions in the state are now canceled until there have been at least 30 days since a new detection of the virus. The order extends to fair petting zoos and exhibitions which are expected to ramp up in the next month. Michigan Association of Fairs […]
Planting delays in the Upper Midwest are forcing some farmers to consider changing maturities. Rick Swenson is lead agronomist for Peterson Farms Seed, an independent seed company with customers in the Dakotas and Minnesota. He tells Brownfield most farmers in their territory didn’t turn a wheel in April because of cool, wet conditions and says with each passing day there’s more talk of switching to shorter season corn. “We are […]
Jul. corn closed at $7.75 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $15.92 and 1/4, up 7 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $401.50, down $1.30Jul. soybean oil closed at 81.04, up 130 pointsJul. wheat closed at $10.92 and 3/4, unchangedJun. live cattle closed at $132.40, down $1.15Jun. lean hogs closed at $101.57, up 27 centsMay Class III milk closed at $24.66, down 11 centsJun. ...
Soybeans were modestly higher on fund and technical buying. Beans saw an oversold bounce, with some help from soybean oil and strong crush margins. Soybean meal was down on demand related product spread adjustments. U.S. soybean planting is slower than average but should pick up steam in many areas over the next few days. There’s still some talk of switching acres from corn to soybeans in parts of the region, […]
Purdue University is working on a Health Equity Strategy to help remove barriers to rural health care. Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, and current presidential fellow at Purdue, says one of the strategies under the initiative is to promote food for health. Healthy Living: ...
The president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers says a perfect storm is providing the opportunity to address future food production challenges. Megan Tanel tells Brownfield “There’s no doubt that our American farmers have always met the challenges of their time. They’ve always stepped up. They’ve always focused on the impact for them to produce the food that we need to feed everyone. Referencing that perfect storm, you’ve got […]
Brownfield’s Larry Lee will be on the ground in Madison Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21st, 2022, for the Alice in Dairyland Finals. ...
An ag economist is expecting around a quarter of the national corn crop to be planted this week which Ben Brown says is already impacting the market. “After the forecast for this week turned dry across Illinois, Iowa, and northern Missouri, the markets took a pretty significant plunge,” Brown said. And the University of Missouri economist said continued forecasted warm, dry weather in several key growing states will continue adding […]
