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A patchwork quilt of field conditions in northern MN
A technical agronomist with Channel Seed says corn and soybean conditions vary in northern Minnesota, based on when the crops were planted. “It’s like a quilt this year when it comes to the stages of corn and soybeans.” Derek Crompton tells Brownfield “the corn that went in around Mother’s Day is actually shoulder high, where…
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Cattle futures up, waiting on direct business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, waiting on the week’s direct business to develop. August live cattle closed $.82 higher at $185.92 and October live closed $1.20 higher at $186.85. August feeder cattle closed $2.27 higher at $263.37 and September feeders closed $2.30 higher at $263.62. Direct cash cattle…
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A drying trend ahead for the water-logged, wettest areas of Corn Belt, upper Midwest
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal rainfall from the southern Plains to the East Coast, including the lower Midwest, should contrast with drier-than-normal weather from the Pacific Northwest into the upper Midwest. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal temperatures are ahead across the nation’s mid-section, including the mid-South, much of…
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Brownfield Ag Weather Today
Over the next 5 days, a procession of cold fronts will maintain active weather across the central and eastern U.S., with frequent showers and thunderstorms. Some of the heaviest rain, locally 1 to 3 inches or more, will fall in nearly parallel strips—from the central Plains to the middle Atlantic Coast and from the upper…
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USDA proposes milk pricing update
Proposed rule amends the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
