An ag meteorologist says a flash drought is coming to a head across the Corn Belt. Greg Soulje tells Brownfield, “It goes all the way down into our friends down there in the lower Mississippi Valley, Delta region, with moderate and some pockets of severe all the way up into...

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3 Big Things Today, Sept. 18, 2025

Bryan Doherty, a senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing, says many U.S. farmers are going to store the corn being harvested this fall. But that strategy requires careful planning and setting targets to sell. Hear more in the latest Managing for Profit. The post Have a marketing plan for...

A slow-moving disturbance crossing the nation’s mid-section will lead to scattered showers, with 5-day rainfall reaching 1 to 2 inches or more across large sections of the Plains and Mississippi Valley.  Farther east, rainfall in the middle Atlantic States will end by Thursday, while wet weather will linger across Florida’s...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a Minnesota commercial turkey flock. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says the detection in Redwood County marks the first time the virus has affected the state since April. The flock of 20,000 toms showed signs of increased mortality, and HPAI was confirmed...

A southwest Iowa farmer is confident fungicide will pay off this year. Mark Peterson of Stanton says disease pressure was high in corn. “I am hoping that we will be fairly well blessed, and I think we will be. I did put fungicide on all of my corn, I don’t...

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower, pressured by the recent declines in boxed beef prices and ahead of this week’s direct business and Cattle on Feed report.  October live cattle closed $2.35 lower at $231.10 and December live cattle closed $2.47 lower at $232.67. ...

New Kuhn Hay Tools Boost Productivity and Forage Quality on the Farm

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Beans are watching U.S. harvest activity and anticipating generally good near-term progress. There’s been some rain in parts of the region with more in the forecast later this week, but coverage and totals remain uncertain. The trade is also monitoring planting...