The soybean complex was mixed to mostly lower on Friday with most areas trading moderately lower for most of the day before nearly breaking even by the close. May soybeans closed 1/2 cent lower at $16.68 and July beans closed down 1 and 1/2 cents at $16.45 and 3/4. May bean meal closed $2.90 higher, making up most of the losses it saw Thursday. May soybean oil closed 234 points […]
Milk futures and cash dairy prices closed higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. March Class III milk was up $.02 at $22.41. April closed up $.20 at $23.43. May closed up $.32 at $24.07. June was up $.24 at $24.19. July through February contracts ranged from five cents lower to eight cents higher. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.76. No sales were recorded. Cheese Blocks were up $.0525 closing […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of drier-than normal weather over much of the central and western U.S., with wetter-than-normal conditions confined to the East Coast States. Below-normal temperatures from the Gulf Coast into the Great Lakes region will contrast with warm weather west of the Rockies and east of the Appalachians. ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues its spread. The latest cases were detected in a non-commercial backyard poultry flock in New Hampshire and a commercial broiler farm in Kent County, Delaware. State officials have quarantined all affected premises and the birds have been depopulated to prevent these spread of the disease. Following the latest case in Delaware, federal and state partners have greatly expanded their surveillance sampling and testing regimen […]
A Wisconsin farmer has been honored for his leadership in the dairy industry. Hank Wagner received the Dean Strauss Leadership Award Thursday during the Professional Dairy Producers business conference. Wagner is a fourth-generation farmer near Oconto Falls who is also an author, speaker, and business coach. He is also a past PDPW board president. Professional Dairy Producers Executive Director Shelly Mayer says Hank is a true example of a servant […]
Farmers are supporting legislation that promotes higher blends of ethanol, reduces energy independence and lowers the cost of fuel. Lance Lillibridge a farmer with the Iowa Corn Growers Association tells Brownfield the NexGen Fuels Act has benefits for consumers and producers. “We can put more biofuels into the tank. When we can do that, we can reduce the cost. Right now, I think it’s a $1 less for ethanol over […]
The USDA has modified eligibility requirements for the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program to better aid pork producers who did business through the spot market between April 16th and September 1, 2020, due to a reduction in packer production. The agency clarified their definitions of “spot market sales” and “sales to a packer” to better reflect nontraditional transactions including sales to dealers, cull markets, meat lockers and others. The application […]
As spring weather starts to settle in, a Missouri farmer says his ideal corn planting date is only a month away. “My perfect date is April 20th through the 25th. That is when I really like to plant corn, so that is what we are shooting for.” Gary Porter, who farms near Mercer along the Missouri/Iowa state line, tells Brownfield they have been a little on the dry side, but […]
A wheat grower says removing a series of locks and dams on a major trading waterway could deliver a blow to the industry. “It would be very detrimental to the wheat industry.” Nicole Berg of Washington state says the Snake River feeds the Port of Portland and serves as an expressway for a significant portion of the worlds’ wheat supply. “The dams, they supply hydroelectricity, we have the highway of […]
