Month: January 2023

Mar. corn closed at $6.56, up 1 centMar. soybeans closed at $14.93, up 8 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $474.60, up $5.70Mar. soybean oil closed [Read More]

USDA has awarded $4.7 million in grants for the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program to restore and protect wetlands. Projects in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota [Read More]

An Illinois agronomist is expecting Thursday’s 2022 crop production totals by the USDA to confirm record corn and soybean yields in the state. AgriSompo North [Read More]

Soybeans were mixed on bull spreading. Unknown destinations bought 124,000 tons of 2022/23 U.S. soybeans, the second day in a row with an announced sale, [Read More]

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA continues its efforts to improve transparency in the cattle markets. USDA’s Ag Marketing Service recently began collecting data [Read More]

Photo courtesy: Missouri Cattlemen’s Association It’s time to write a new farm bill, but if Congress can get it done in time remains to be [Read More]

The Chairman of the Michigan Trucking Association says the industry is still recovering from the pandemic. Brian Hitchcock tells Brownfield limited availability of equipment the [Read More]

Photo of Allen Walters courtesy of DEKALB/Asgrow An Illinois farmer is among the winners of the 2022 National Sorghum Producers yield contest. Allen Walters of [Read More]

High production costs and lower commodity prices are expected to cause a decline in farm income in 2023. University of Illinois Ag Economist Nick Paulson [Read More]

Northwestern Kansas farmer David Schemm says his winter wheat crop has been suffering from historic drought and extreme cold. “We’re kind of at that northern [Read More]