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The Michigan Soybean Committee is partnering with the Henry Ford Museum to increase awareness of soybeans and related innovations this year. Katlin Fusilier, an outreach specialist with Michigan Soybean, tells Brownfield the Detroit museum regularly features Henry Ford’s adoption of soybeans in manufacturing.  This collaboration will highlight new uses along with modern farming practices. “So that consumers can really see how agriculture has evolved throughout the years,” she says. Fusilier […]

May corn closed at $7.59 and 3/4, up 9 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $16.31, up 28 and 3/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $465.90, up $10.80May soybean oil closed at $72.41, up 7 pointsMay wheat closed at $10.45 and 1/4, up 35 centsApr. live cattle closed at $136.80, down $1.20June lean hogs closed at $114.35, down $1.80Apr. Class III milk closed at $23.72, up 17 centsMay. ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a north Iowa county for the second time. The Iowa Department of Agriculture says the virus has been found in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County.  On March 28th, officials confirmed avian flu in a separate flock in that county. It’s the third case for Iowa this month and 15th overall. ...

An extension corn agronomist considers uniform emergence the foundation for maximizing yield. And Jeff Coulter with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield uniformity has a lot to do with soil moisture. “So we want to make sure that the soil is not too wet, otherwise we’re going to be creating clods or sidewall compaction, or even a compacted zone below the depth of tillage.” For areas that are dry, he […]

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to know why Canada is still not meeting its dairy obligations under the USMCA agreement. Eight members of Congress including Ag Committee Republican Leader Glenn GT Thompson, Republican Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, and Democrat Ron Kind of Wisconsin have sent a new letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging them to insist on deeper Canadian reforms to […]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower pressured by higher corn and watching the rest of the week’s cash business develop.  June live cattle closed $1.60 lower at $133.32 and August live cattle closed $1.55 lower at $134.65.  May feeder cattle closed $3.47 lower at $159 and August feeder cattle closed $2.72 lower at $171.37.  There was a light direct cash cattle trade on Tuesday following […]

The head of the National Milk Producers Federation says work continues on an in-depth review and modernization of the Federal Milk Marking Order system. CEO Jim Mulhern says it could be a multi-year process before the industry is ready for a national federal order hearing and industry consensus is made on a solution. Mulhern says after an initial 18 months on the issue, board members this past month met to […]

The Executive Director of the Wisconsin Soybean Association has died. 52-year-old Robert Karls passed away Saturday, April 2nd. Karls spent more than 30 years working for Wisconsin’s soybean farmers. A link to his obituary can be found here. ...

Farmers are concerned about the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on input prices, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert, director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, says farmers were asked how the war will impact U.S. agriculture.   “Sixty-three percent of the people in the survey said input prices would be the top factor that’s affected in terms of U.S. agriculture, followed by […]