Year: 2023

Specialty crop growers say next year could be their last season if labor rate increases don’t stop.        A room of nearly 100 specialty crop [Read More]

Mar. corn closed at $4.84 and 1/4, down 6 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $12.95 and 1/2, down 10 centsJan. soybean meal closed at [Read More]

An Indiana pork farmer says he’s bracing for more regulatory requirements.  Keith Schoettmer tells Brownfield, “Proposition 12 was a shot across the bow, if you [Read More]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans were down on liquidation, along with losses in products, despite the good demand, tight supplies, and [Read More]

An ag economist says with 2023 being one of the least profitable years on record, pork producers need to continue to manage risk aggressively. Steve [Read More]

A bill was recently introduced into the U.S. Senate to help cattle producers protect their herds from the devastating impacts of black vulture depredation.  Companion [Read More]

Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were higher except for butter Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    December Class III milk was up $0.01 at $16.33.  [Read More]

Missouri’s State Climatologist says 2023 is wrapping up drier than usual and there’s not much moisture in the forecast. Zach Leasor says some recent rain [Read More]

U.S. ethanol production surged last week as stocks held nearly steady. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.076 million barrels a day, [Read More]

Investors are looking to acquire farmland in north-central Illinois. Compeer Financial certified appraiser Nicole Schaefer works out of Ottawa and says tracts continue coming up [Read More]