A fierce, mid-summer heat wave across the Plains may result in significant weekend stress on rangeland, pastures, and summer crops, with high temperatures expected to range from 100 to 105°F, with ...

Cash dairy prices were mostly down Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.01 to $0.69. One sale was reported at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.67 ...

Direct cash cattle trade was quiet Friday. There has been little renewed interest. Deals this week have been marked at $365 dressed, down $12 to $15 from the previous week’s weighted average basis.

There’s another light round of direct cash cattle trade underway. Live deals are at $230 in the South. This follows the light round of business on Wednesday at $365 dressed, which was $12 to $15 below ...

A market analyst says wheat futures have been rallying this month. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the surge has primarily been driven by escalating geopolitical conflicts in the Black Sea Region ...

Oat harvest is underway in northern Iowa. Zack Smith farms in Winnebago County and says he’s about a quarter of the way through his first oat crop. “Had a breakdown here that stopped me for a couple ...

Photo courtesy of the US Meat Export Federation. Governor Jim Pillen has signed a bill that establishes new safeguards to protect agriculture and critical infrastructure from foreign entities .

The first-ever cattle vaccine to address Theileria is now available. Dr. Alan Young, the founder and Chief Technology Officer for Medgene, says it is administered in two doses. “We recommend using ...

A certified appraiser with Compeer Financial says many farmers are being more selective about buying farmland. Brent Wiest tells Brownfield buyer behavior has changed. “There’s still farmers and ...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (Senate Finance Committee Livestream) Senate lawmakers questioned U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about agricultural exports on Wednesday. During a ...

Brownfield's Kellan Heavican interviews Amy France at 2025 NAFB. There have been mixed reactions from some ag groups to the CME Group’s announcement that it would begin trading sorghum basis futures.

The Drive to Feed Kids is returning to the Missouri State Fair, scheduled for Tuesday, August 18. Ashley McCarty is with Missouri Farmers Care, a non-profit alliance that organizes the effort. “Over ...