Month: August 2023

Soybean farmers are learning about crop intensification during the University of Minnesota’s first ever Soybean Research Center Field Day.  Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says [Read More]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher ahead of the bulk of the week’s cash business.  October live cattle closed $.77 [Read More]

A couple of Illinois farmers say harvest is still a few weeks away, but they’re certain yields won’t come close to 2022. Jim Campion farms [Read More]

Sep. corn closed at $4.61, down 3/4 centSep. soybeans closed at $13.60, down 21 and 1/4 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $418.70, down $4.30Sep. soybean oil [Read More]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Traders exited positions ahead on the final day of the 2022/23 marketing year and ahead of the [Read More]

A southwest Iowa farmer says he plans to start harvesting corn earlier than expected. Ray Gaesser raises corn, soybeans, and cereal rye in Adams County. [Read More]

Farmers made less money in July than they did in June. The USDA says the index of prices received by farmers for July fell 2.1% [Read More]

The president of the American Farm Bureau says the EPA’s updated version of its Waters of the US rule is disappointing. Zippy Duvall says farmers [Read More]

A bill that would block California’s Proposition 12 is facing more pushback in Congress. A bipartisan group of senators have sent a letter to Ag [Read More]

An ag meteorologist expects a heatwave over the weekend to help speed up crop maturity. Michigan state climatologist Jeff Andresen tells Brownfield late-planted crops and [Read More]