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Chilly weather to cover the Corn Belt this weekend, more rain for the southern states
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
A cold front traversing the eastern U.S. will clear the Atlantic Seaboard by Saturday. However, atmospheric moisture pooled across the Deep South will result in precipitation lingering through the weekend, with additional rainfall expected to total 1 to 2 inches or more from parts of Texas and southern Oklahoma to...
March cattle placements fall sharply
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
Placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots dropped in March. The USDA says the 1.746 million head placed in March fell 12% on the year, a bigger than expected decline because of aggressive movement in February following the weather-related slowdown in January, along with generally tighter supplies in many of the...
Real estate expert says several factors impact farmland prices
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
An agricultural land marketer says farmland values have remained strong across much of America. R.D. Schrader with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company specializes in ag land sales in 40 states. He tells Brownfield land values leveled off last summer but have gone up as many farmers entered the buyers...
Prop 12 needs to be blocked, Rep. Nunn says
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
U.S. Congressman Zach Nunn says lawmakers need to act quickly on legislation that would block California’s Proposition 12 law. “The issue at hand here is quite clear,” he said. “One state, in this case California initially, and then other states followed to say that places like Iowa couldn’t grow or...
Stepping outside your comfort zone with FFA
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
The newly elected Missouri State FFA President Andi Belt says she’s looking forward to helping the next generation of agriculture reach their full potential in the next year. “Without a doubt, FFA has been the best part of my high school career and it left its mark on me,” she...
Cooler, drier weather settles into much of the Heartland; rains on the far southern Plains
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
Across the Corn Belt, rain showers linger early Friday in the lower Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley. Cool air trails the rain, with freezes reported Friday morning in parts of the western Corn Belt, extending as far south as Iowa and Nebraska. Few freeze-related agricultural impacts are expected,...
April RMI survey: Rural economy in negative territory
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
The latest Rural Mainstreet Index has slumped below growth neutral for an eighth straight month. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says, “The ag sector or farm sector is just not doing well right now. That’s being reflected in our survey.” The index is a monthly survey of ag bankers in...
Water export bill gets second chance in MO Legislature
Brownfield Ag News14 minutes ago
The senior policy director with the Missouri Soybean Association says a water export bill is getting a second chance in Missouri’s State Legislature. Casey Wasser tells Brownfield in an executive session of Missouri’s Senate Ag Committee Senator Jason Bean’s water export bill, Senate Bill 782, was added to House Bill...
Dollar Little Changed on Lower Bond Yields and Stock Weakness
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The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.01%. The dollar on Friday gave up most of an overnight advance and finished little changed. The dollar spiked higher in overnight trade after US officials said Israel launched a retaliatory air strike against Iran in response to Iran’s rocket and...
Much warmer pattern to evolve by late next week across the Heartland; showery for some
Brownfield Ag News30 minutes ago
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures across the central one-third of the U.S. and parts of the Southeast, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the Northeast and Far West. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation should fall nationwide, with portions of the western and central U.S. having...
Brownfield Ag Weather Today
Brownfield Ag News30 minutes ago
A cold front traversing the eastern U.S. will clear the Atlantic Seaboard by Saturday. However, atmospheric moisture pooled across the Deep South will result in precipitation lingering through the weekend, with additional rainfall expected to total 1 to 2 inches or more from parts of Texas and southern Oklahoma to...
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U.S. will again be a net beef importer in ‘24
Brownfield Ag News46 minutes ago
An animal protein analyst expects the U.S. to be a net beef importer for the second straight year. CoBank’s Brian Earnest tells Brownfield the record-low U.S. cattle inventory, along with other global factors, are weighing on beef exports. “Economic issues in China are finally taking their cut at imports of...
Crude Closes Higher as Middle East Tensions Remain High
Barchart46 minutes ago
May WTI crude oil (CLK24 ) on Friday closed up +0.41 (+0.50%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK24 ) closed down -0.34 (-0.13%). Crude and gasoline prices on Friday settled mixed. Crude prices spiked more than +$3 a barrel in overnight trade on escalation of Middle East tensions after US officials...