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Harvest has begun in Indiana

A southeastern Indiana farmer says harvest has started near Evansville. Ben Kron says he tested the waters over the weekend. “We’ve got a little bit done in the fields,” he says. “We went ahead and got some of the bugs worked out that we...

Tennessee soybeans starting harvest

Tennessee fields are continuing to dry out and push crop development. USDA says corn condition is rated 45 percent good to excellent with 97 percent in the dough stage, 93 percent dented, 76 percent mature, and 31 percent harvested. Cotton in the state has...

Soybeans see solid gains, corn firm

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Dry weather in parts of Brazil could lead to planting delays or even reduced acreage. Stateside, the USDA says 65% of U.S. soybeans are in good to excellent shape, unchanged on the week, with 97% of...

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 9, 2024

Dec. corn closed at $4.07 and 1/4, up 1 centNov. soybeans closed at $10.18, up 13 centsOct. soybean meal closed at $320.70, down 10 centsOct. soybean oil closed at 41.07, up 86 pointsDec. wheat closed at $5.68 and 1/2, up 1 and 1/2 centsOct....

Some improvement in Class III milk prices

A dairy economist says that last couple of months have been better for dairy farmers who sell into the Class III market.  Chuck Nicholson with the University of Wisconsin tells Brownfield there has been some strengthening of cheese prices, because of lower cheese stocks....

5% of U.S. corn crop harvested

The 2024 U.S. corn harvest is officially underway. The USDA says 5% of the crop is harvested as of Sunday, just ahead of the five-year average, with most of that in southern growing areas. 95% of corn has reached the dough making stage, 74%...

Farmers get a lot of field time during dry Wisconsin week

Another mostly-dry week allowed Wisconsin farmers to get into fields to finish up small grain harvesting, cut hay, and dig potatoes.  Several farmers were also cutting hay and doing some fall seeding last week. Over 90% of Wisconsin’s corn is now in the dough...

Harvest slowly starting in southern Wisconsin

A few farmers in southern Wisconsin have begun harvesting. Doug Rebout says he’s getting ready to combine some soybeans at his Janesville, Wisconsin farm. “We’ve got a couple of fields where the leaves have basically all dropped off of it. It was an early-day...

Cash rents predicted to drop in 2025

A farm management professor at the University of Illinois says cash rents are expected to decline in 2025. Gary Schnitkey says lower return on investment is a contributing factor. “For 2024, we’re projecting a negative $129 return for cash rent land in Central Illinois,” he says....

Once labor hits X, growers say they’re out

An apple grower says many U.S. specialty crops are phasing out as labor costs become unmanageable. Chris Kropf tells Brownfield farmers using the H-2A guest worker program have no idea what their labor costs could be from year to year with Adverse Effect Wage...

Hinson frustrated with farm bill delays

U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says time is running out for lawmakers to pass a new five-year farm bill. “I’m frustrated with the fact we haven’t been able to get that bill done,” she said. “It was due last year at this time. September 30th...

Agronomist hearing strong harvest optimism in Iowa

An extension agronomist says harvest could pick up steam in parts of Iowa as early as next week. Iowa State University’s Meaghan Anderson says some central Iowa farmers have high expectations for their corn and soybean crops. “The farmers I’ve talked with have pretty...
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