Dec. corn closed at $4.16 and 1/2, up 7 centsNov. soybeans closed at $9.91 and 3/4, up 10 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $317.70, down 60 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 43.69, up 130 pointsDec. wheat closed at $5.76, up 3 and 3/4 centsDec. live cattle closed at...
The agronomy manager for Wyffels Hybrids says a big crop has farmers turning to alternative methods of grain storage. Ryan Gentle, who covers Illinois for the company, tells Brownfield… “Starting to hear some storage challenges for guys and starting to see a lot of bags getting filled in fields as...
Harvest continues in Wisconsin, and some farmers are getting fertilizer applications and fall tillage done. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says ninety-four percent of the corn for grain is mature and 44% of that corn is already in the bin. That’s 12 days ahead of average. Moisture content for grain corn...
Below normal temperatures and extremely dry conditions helped Ohio harvest progress. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 40 percent good to excellent with 97 percent mature, 51 percent harvested for grain. Soybeans are 78 percent harvested. Winter wheat is 77 percent...
Michigan corn and soybean harvest has made significant progress. The USDA says Michigan’s corn crop is rated 58 percent good to excellent with 45 percent harvested for grain. Soybeans are 80 percent harvested. Winter wheat planting is 77 percent complete and 49 percent emerged. The fourth hay cutting is 40...
A market analyst says he’s expecting the grain markets to recover from the recent downturn in prices. Richard Brock with Brock Associates tells Brownfield there was a lot weighing on the markets last week. It was the heaviest week for U.S. corn harvest, soybean harvest is wrapping up and South...
Indiana’s biomanufacturing industry is getting a boost with a new plant-based processing facility. Travis Montoya says grain manufacturing company Primient is partnering with Sustainea, an alternative platics manufaturing company. “The Lafayette facility will produce a bio-MEG product from Primient’s dextrose,” he says. “Our dextrose is a carbohydrate derived from corn...
A group of scientists are researching ways to limit the spread of two insects that could destroy stored grain. Kansas State University professor of entomology Tom Phillips tells Brownfield… “The larger grain borer can cause severe damage to dried corn in bins and some other cereal grains, and the capper...
Attorney Brent Haden, from mid-Missouri, says he’s disappointed about a recent ruling on Grain Belt Express electric transmission lines. Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the Chariton County Commission cannot block the construction of project’s transmission lines by refusing to cross county roads. The county can, however,...
Harvest continues to roll on in Ohio. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 40 percent good to excellent with 92 percent mature, 34 percent harvested for grain, and 95 percent harvested for silage. Soybeans are rated 39 percent good to excellent,...