The USDA will release final recommendations for new Federal Milk Marketing Orders in November. Gregg Doud, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield… “This was so badly needed. It’s cost everybody a huge amount of money and lawyers in the process to do all this, but we’re there,” he says. “Everybody […] The post National Milk Producers Federation CEO says USDA’s FMMO update “badly needed” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, adding to the week’s lower finish. The USDA’s 2024 production guess was slightly lower than last month, but up 10% from last year, with no change to U.S. ending stocks. Slightly higher beginning stocks canceled out that smaller production guess and there were no changes to the […] The post Down day for soybeans, corn, wheat post-USDA reports appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The dean and CEO at Kansas State University-Olathe says a new research initiative is putting a focus on food as medicine. Ben Wolfe tells Brownfield… “We’re really looking at how our expertise in how we look at food production impacts food choice, nutrition, and how we can really use food and diet to help prevent […] The post Pair of K-State research initiatives aimed at food as medicine, biomanufacturing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

A wheat educator says winter wheat this fall is potentially setting up farmers for a solid 2025. Dennis Pennington is with Michigan State University Extension. “If you’re late planting, there’s no amount of management that you can ever do that will make up for the lost yield that you will experience just simply from planting […] The post Winter wheat planting 180 from last year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The USDA has made modest month-to-month adjustments to its 2024 corn and soybean production estimates. As of October 1st, corn is pegged at 15.2 billion bushels, up less than 1% from September on a fractional increase in the average yield, 0.2 higher at 183.8 bushels per acre, but down 1% from 2023 on a reduction […] The post USDA maintains large 2024 corn, soybean crop estimates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton have delivered a one-two punch to fertilizer production in the southern U.S. Stone X vice president of fertilizer Josh Linville says the phosphate market has been hit back-to-back. “If Helene was more of a glancing blow, it kind of touched on that west coast of Florida on its way up to […] The post Hurricanes deliver one-two punch to Florida phosphate production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

A market analyst says he’s expecting the USDA to confirm large U.S. crops in the October USDA report. “Big crops have a tendency to get bigger.” Don Roose with U.S. Commodities tells Brownfield U.S. corn yields have been better than expected, even in the poor growing areas. “I think the fear is we could have […] The post Large U.S. crops expected in October USDA report appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

An economist at Rabobank says the tighter margins and economic uncertainty have farmers looking for more ways to finance their operations. Owen Wilson is the vice president of oils, grains, and seed analysis. “During COVID, we saw lower demand for operating lines of credit,” he says. “It fell sector wide fell by about $25 billion, […] The post How an economic downturn can influence ag borrowing and lending appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.