Another week of cold, wet weather limited fieldwork across Iowa. The latest USDA crop progress report says farmers applied fertilizer, tilled fields, and planted oats where possible while preparing to plant row crops. Soil temperatures across the state generally range in the 40’s. Oat planting is more than a week behind last year and three days behind the five-year average at 29 percent complete. Topsoil moisture is rated 71 percent […]
May corn closed at $8.13 and 1/4, up 23 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.14 and 3/4, up 32 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $466.00, up $4.60May soybean oil closed at $79.99, up 108 pointsMay wheat closed at $11.20 and 1/2, up 24 centsApr. live cattle closed at $140.47, down 20 centsJune lean hogs closed at $122.40, up $3.92May Class III milk closed at $25.13, down 33 centsMay crude […]
The drought in Kansas has stunted winter wheat growth. According to USDA’s latest crop progress and condition report, 34 percent crop has jointed and that’s 13 percent behind last year and 10 percent behind the five-year average. Thirty-three percent of the crop is in good-to-excellent condition. Twelve percent of corn has been planted, two percent behind last year. One percent of soybeans have been planted. Topsoil moisture is rated 37 […]
The chief risk officer for Compeer Financial is concerned about the squeeze on farmers if inflation cannot be tamed. Bill Moore tells Brownfield at some point there will be pushback to how much retailers try to inflate their own bottom line. “And pass those on to consumers versus trying to push it back through the supply chain. And as farmers know, we tend to buy at retail and sell at […]
The state climatologist for Illinois says a long period of cool, wet weather should ease up next week opening a much-anticipated planting window. “I would not be surprised to see most, if not all folks in their fields by May 1st.” Trent Ford tells Brownfield the 7-day forecast still houses scattered rain across the state with soil temperatures lingering in the 40’s and 50’s, but the 8-to-14-day forecast looks dryer […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Will Robinson will be in Columbia on Wednesday, April 20 covering the 2022 Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference. ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in three more states. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the virus in a commercial layer chicken flock in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a non-commercial backyard flock in Utah County, Utah, and two non-commercial backyard flocks in Idaho. APHIS is working closely with state animal health officials on a joint incident response. All birds on the properties will be depopulated to […]
The head of the US Meat Export Federation says Africa could be the next big export market for US beef. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO, says Africa is one of the youngest demographics in the world. “It has a very fast growth rate and you’re starting to see rising incomes,” he says. “Granted there are a lot of haves and have-nots, there’s not a big middle class. But there is […]
