Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange started the week mixed with limited cash movement. April Class III milk was unchanged at $24.32. May 13 cents higher at $24.68. June up four cents at $24.82. July three cents lower at $24.45. August through to October five to 15 cents lower. Dry down $0.02 at $0.6150. Four sales were made from $0.6250 to $0.63. Blocks unchanged at $2.3925. Barrels unchanged at […]
May corn closed at $8.00 and 1/4, up 7 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.03 and 1/2, down 12 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $452.40, down $6.40May soybean oil closed at 82.74, down 52 pointsMay wheat closed at $10.62, down 3 and 1/2 centsApr. live cattle closed at $139.10, down $3.35June lean hogs closed at $114.02, down $4.75May Class III milk closed at $24.68, up 13 centsJun. […]
Missouri has a new FFA state officer team. Incoming Missouri FFA state vice president Emily Nelson said it takes a community for students to reach the state officer team. Nelson tells Brownfield she didn’t know she could be a state officer… “I was just a nobody, a city girl,” she said. “So, I worked with my community members to help me have that opportunity to show animals and get an […]
The outgoing Minnesota FFA state president calls this past year a whirlwind. Emily Matejka of the Martin County West FFA chapter says her time as state president has gone fast. “Just over a year ago we were standing in the Miracle of Birth Center (at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds) together, still kind of in that COVID zone. But we’ve slowly been able to transition out of that.” Leading up to […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures throughout the northern U.S. and the Far West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Four Corners region to the southern Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across much of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions in the Four Corners region and the Northeast. ...
The USDA says 4.562 billion pounds of poultry were produced in March 2022, down 1% from March 2021. That follows a 1% declines for the monthly preliminary live weight, to 6.011 billion pounds, the chicken slaughter of 833.824 million head and the turkey slaughter of 19.327 million head. The average live weight of all chickens was 1% heavier, while the average for turkeys was 2% lighter. The reported cases of […]
While eighty-degree temperatures over the weekend warmed up southern Illinois soils, frequent rains are still causing planting delays. For some farmers in the region, including Lance Panzer of Waltonville, the answer to how much planting they have done is, “None whatsoever.” He tells Brownfield their tillage equipment and planters are hooked up and ready to roll, but “Just about the time we are ready to go, every five days it […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground in Grand Rapids April 27 for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development West Michigan Ag Business Tour at Superbloom Farms. ...
The Student Soybean Innovation Competition at Purdue University is opening students’ eyes to the versatility of soybeans. Healthy Living: ...
