Farm News

Spotlight on Soybeans Podcast Ep. 5 | Conservation Farming

Monday, September 2

Conservation plays a major role in Missouri’s agriculture and keeps Missouri farms sustainable. In this Spotlight on Soybeans Podcast, Robert Alpers says his farm in Prairie Home, MO uses conservation methods as a way to save and improve their most valuable resource: their soil....

Rep. Feenstra says producers need crop insurance certainty

Friday, August 30

A U.S. Representative from Iowa says the ag industry deserves the certainty of a new five-year farm bill. Republican Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield many farmers at the 2024 Farm Progress Show expressed concerns about crop insurance. “When you’ve got corn at $3.60 and soybeans...

Scout for tar spot in September

Friday, August 30

An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says tar spot scouting needs to be a priority as harvest approaches. Eric Wilson says many farmers have stepped up their management of the disease. “I feel like more farmers sprayed fungicide this year than they did a...

Cover crop research explores supplemental N ahead of soybeans

Friday, August 30

University of Wisconsin teams are working on ways to help cover crops get established faster and stronger in the fall. Soybean specialist Shawn Conley tells Brownfield weather in northern states can make establishing a cover crop between harvest and frost challenging. “If you look...

Nunn critical of Senate Ag Committee leadership over farm bill

Friday, August 30

A Republican member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee looking for progress on the farm bill is frustrated with Senate Ag Committee leadership. Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn says he and his colleagues in the House have worked hard on bipartisan legislation. “The Senate has...

Iowa farmers discuss harvest timelines at Farm Progress Show

Friday, August 30

Some Iowa farmers say they’ll start harvesting crops in September while others plan to hold off until October. Davenport farmer Robb Ewoldt says he expects to get combines in the field in the next two weeks. “I think we’ll have some corn by the...

Soybeans, corn, wheat up ahead of Labor Day

Friday, August 30

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. It was a dry August in much of the region, leading to some concerns about yield. Still, a lot of Friday’s gains were end of the month, pre-holiday short covering as the trade is expecting...

Cattle, hog futures higher to end the week

Friday, August 30

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, supported by higher boxed beef during the session. October live cattle closed $.70 higher at $178.60 and December lives closed $.85 higher at $177.55. October feeder cattle closed $1.07 higher at $237.75 and...

Low Mississippi River levels again

Friday, August 30

A hydrologist with the National Weather Service in western Kentucky says water levels on the lower Mississippi River are low again as the new crop marketing year begins. Mary Lamm tells Brownfield it’s not unusual for this time of the year and she’s not...

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 30, 2024

Friday, August 30

Sep. corn closed at $3.78, up 6 and 1/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $9.82, up 8 and 1/4 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $311.60, up $5.00Sep. soybean oil closed at 43.14, down 3 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.32 and 3/4, up 7 and 3/4...

Delayed harvest in eastern South Dakota

Friday, August 30

A farmer in eastern South Dakota says he’s expecting a later-than-usual harvest for corn and soybeans this fall. Dave Ellens says it will likely be the end of September before soybean harvest begins, due to planting season delays and late-season rains, but it should...

Corn harvest starting soon for mid-MO farmer

Friday, August 30

A farmer in central Missouri says the corn was too high moisture to harvest ahead of the Labor Day weekend. “It ended up averaging 30% moisture when I did a test run this past week. If we can get it below 25% moisture, we...