Across the Corn Belt, cold weather and low soil temperatures continue to limit spring planting activities. In addition, snow remains on the ground across large sections of the northern Corn Belt. On the Plains, cloudiness is increasing

A storm system emerging from the Southwest will drift eastward, reaching the Southeast early next week. Highly beneficial rain developed later Friday across the drought-affected central and southern High Plains, with totals of 0.5 to 1.5 inches

  Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling, posting week to week losses. The stalemate over tariffs with China continues to limit export demand for U.S. beans, even as Brazil’s supply gets tighter and their prices

  An entomologist says it’s a difficult balance to manage pests while leaving pollinators unharmed. Rick Foster with Purdue University Extension tells Brownfield there are some key best management practices specialty crop growers can use to protect

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were up with more light, but higher than a week ago, direct trade during the session and firm to higher midday boxed beef. April was $1.55 higher at $119.35 and

  A soil specialist says many areas in the Midwest are losing soil at a faster rate than it’s being replaced. “We’re seeing increasingly intense and more frequent elevated rainfall events—that drives up soil erosion losses.” Director

  The USDA’s latest set of cattle on feed numbers were very close to what analysts had been expecting. The total number of cattle on feed on April 1st, 2018 was up 7% on the year at

  Direct cash cattle business is very light. Sales are reported in Iowa and Nebraska ranging $122 to $124 live, but most of the region remains quiet, with the rest of the week’s business possibly delayed until

There was nothing pretty about this week’s House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill markup.  It had to be one ugliest markups in memory, but the sniping and name-calling notwithstanding, the panel this week approved its 2018 Farm Bill