Farm News

ASA expresses concern to CARB in a letter on LCFS

Friday, September 6

The American Soybean Association wants the California Air Resources Board to make modifications to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Board member and Iowa farmer David Walton says the current rule will reduce the expansion of soybean-based biofuels. They’re using outdated data on the carbon...

MSU studies what could become crop production norms

Friday, September 6

Researchers are comparing aspirational crop management systems to business as usual. Taylor Ulbrich is the Associate Director for Stakeholder Engagement with the Long-Term Agroecosystem Project. “All of the questions and the research we’re doing is informed not just by scientists but also community partners,...

Temps to vary; a warm-up slated for next week; largely dry save for rains along the Gulf Coast

Friday, September 6

Cool air settling across the Midwest will linger through the weekend, following by a rapid warming trend. While the cool air is in place, weekend frost may occur in the upper Great Lakes region, including northern sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The remainder of...

CME cash dairy markets closed higher Friday

Friday, September 6

Cash dairy prices were all higher Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.02 at $0.5875. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5850 to $0.59. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.04 at $2.27. Five sales were recorded, ranging from $2.23 to...

Much cooler, with an early-Autumn feel across most of the Heartland

Friday, September 6

Across the Corn Belt, a cold front stretching from the lower Great Lakes region into the middle Mississippi Valley is producing only a few showers. However, the front separates late-season warmth in the Ohio Valley from unusually cool conditions in the Great Lakes region. ...

New crop corn, soybean export sales extend solid run

Friday, September 6

New crop corn and soybean export sales continued their hot streak during the week ending August 29th. The USDA says new crop corn saw a solid improvement with nearly half of the week’s total purchased by Mexico, and even though new crop soybeans were...

Husker Harvest Days

Friday, September 6

Brownfield’s Brandon Peoples covers Husker Harvest Days. The post

A good month for U.S. beef and pork exports

Friday, September 6

July was another strong month for U.S. red meat exports. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the U.S Meat Export Federation, says exports of beef were up in both volume and value. “Mexico continues to be very strong, but for the first time in...

Farmers seeing elevated costs of phosphate fertilizers

Friday, September 6

The president of the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association says farmers are seeing some fertilizer prices stay elevated. Kevin Johnson tells Brownfield… “My biggest worry if there’s anything is on the phosphates.” He says, “Those prices have stayed a little higher. I don’t see...