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The U.S. Ag Secretary says the U.S. Treasury’s guidance for the modeling used to measure transportation emissions for sustainable aviation fuel is expected out this week. Secretary Tom Vilsack tells Brownfield on Tuesday GREET modeling details will help clear the air on how farmers can benefit from sustainable aviation fuel production tax credits. “That’s why it’s important not to focus on rumor, but to actually wait until the Treasury Department issues the guidance,” he says. ...     

Milk futures were lower and cash dairy prices were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  May Class III milk was down $0.18 at $18.00.  June was down $0.14 at $18.06.  July was down $0.13 at $18.38. August was down $0.19 at $18.58.     September through November contracts ranged from fourteen cents lower in September to one cent higher in November.      Dry whey was unchanged at $0.3825.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.01 at $1.75.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Cheese barrels were up $0.0025 at $1.7725.  Two sales were recorded at that $1.77 and $1.7725.  Butter was up $0.0025 at $2.97.  Thirteen sales were recorded, ranging from $2.9525 to $2.97.  Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0050 at $1.11.  Two sales were recorded at $1.11 and $1.1150.  ...     

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued additional guidance for interstate movement of lactating dairy cows Friday. Wisconsin State Veterinarian Dr. Darlene Konkle tells Brownfield says Friday’s update provides more clarity about required H5N1 virus testing for Wednesday’s federal order restricting the interstate transport of milk cows, including the cost to farmers. “USDA will cover the cost of the test itself done at the NAHLN (National Animal Health Laboratory Network) lab, so there will be no testing fee for farmers, but there be an associated cost with having their veterinarian do the testing and any shipping costs to get the samples to the lab.” She says presumptive positive tests are forwarded from their National Animal Health Laboratory Network lab at the University of Wisconsin to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, at USDA’s expense. ...     

Soybeans slipped the market continued to watch harvest progress in South America.  Brazil is nearing completion, while Argentina’s harvest is around 25 percent complete due to wet conditions. More rain is expected in the coming week.  While some farmers did make planting progress this week, more rain moved in causing some planting delays and adding some pressure to the market.  There’s more rain in the forecast for the weekend.  The USDA will update planting progress on Monday.  ...