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K-State hosts farm tour showing AI use for weed management

Thursday, July 25

Kansas State University is highlighting how artificial intelligence can be used in weed control. Ajay Sharda, Director of Research at K-State’s Institute for Digital Ag and Advanced Analytics brought international ag producers to a local farm to see John Deere’s See & Spray technology...

U of I researching specialty crops in agrivoltaics

Thursday, July 25

A professor in the department of crop sciences at the University of Illinois says his first-year research into growing specialty crops among solar panels is promising. Bruce Branham says agrivoltaics has economic potential. “Horticultural crops tend to be smaller acreage and so I could...

CME cash dairy markets lower with few trades Thursday

Thursday, July 25

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower with light trading activity except for butter Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.54. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 at $1.93. One sale was recorded at that price. ...

Congress asked to reauthorize CFTC

Thursday, July 25

House Ag Committee leaders heard strong support for reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as part of a subcommittee hearing Thursday. Walter Lukken is a former CFTC Commissioner and President and CEO of the Futures Industry Association. “Our markets have grown significantly,” he...

Good week for new crop soybean, corn export sales

Thursday, July 25

The USDA reports solid new U.S. corn and soybean export sales for the week ending July 18th. New crop sales for both corn and beans were up from the previous week, with unknown destinations taking the top slot for soybeans and Japan leading the...

IL Soybean Association stressing need for new farm bill

Thursday, July 25

The director of government relations with the Illinois Soybean Association says he’s disappointed the U.S. House has adjourned for the August recess without further movement on a new farm bill. Andrew Larson tells Brownfield… “There’s certainly a lot of concern that a farm bill...

Delta crops look good as growing season progresses

Thursday, July 25

Timely rains have benefited growers in the Delta region. Justin Payne, a Helena product manager based in Arkansas says precipitation at this point in the growing season takes some pressure off of farmers. “Margins are tight at the farm gate you know so that’s...

St. Louis area returns to close-to-normal water levels

Thursday, July 25

Rivers around the St. Louis area have returned to more normal levels. Josh Hastings, ADM’s Commercial Manager of the St. Louis and Cairo harbors, says the recent high-water levels north of St. Louis slowed barge traffic. “What that did was it impacted our ability to go above lock 17 on the...

Upper Midwest farmers resilient amid flood recovery

Thursday, July 25

Some Upper Midwest farmers remain resilient after inclement weather events recently impacted their operations. South Dakota farmer Darren Hefty, who also co-hosts Ag PhD Radio, says several flooding records were broken this summer after 8-to-10 inches of rain fell over a three-day period around...

Price pressure continues for grains

Thursday, July 25

A commodity broker says weather continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing commodity markets. “There’s no doubt about it, we’re on a slippery slope right now.” Jody Lawrence, founder of Strategic Trading Advisors says there’s potential for the U.S. to deliver another...

Ag PhD Field Day underway in South Dakota

Thursday, July 25

The 2024 Ag PhD Field Day got underway Thursday near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. South Dakota farmer Brian Hefty, who also cohosts Ag PhD Radio, says they bring a range of industry experts to their operation to help farmers with management decisions. “We have...

A hot, humid pattern ahead; diminishing rainfall chances for most of the Heartland

Thursday, July 25

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in southern Texas. Meanwhile, below-normal rainfall across much of the western half of the country should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather in Deep South...