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Severe weather early Thursday morning left many southern Iowa farmers checking fields for damage. Lee Brooke farms near Clarinda in Page County and tells Brownfield that torrential rain, hail, and strong winds swept through the county. “People south of me were getting some softball and baseball size hail,” Brooke said, “down towards north of Clarinda, The post Storms bring flooding, hail, power outages to southern Iowa farms appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Persistent rains are preventing some farmers from finishing planting.  Don Wyss grows corn and soybeans in northeast Indiana. “We are struggling still with too wet conditions, so we are not done with our soybean planting yet.” Missouri farmer Kyle Durham grows corn and soybeans east of Kansas City and tells Brownfield he’s not finished planting. The post Wet fields leave farmers racing against soybean planting dates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A wheat extension educator says wheat yield losses from this week’s severe weather will depend largely on the crop development stage. Michigan State University’s Dennis Pennington says, “The closer to harvest the lodging occurs, the less reduction in yield you have.” “If the lodging occurs like right at flowering, that damage is going to be The post Wheat lodging and quality issues possible from high winds, severe storms appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, with bids starting to surface in some feeding areas.  Feeder had additional support from the losses in corn. August live cattle closed $1.17 higher at $242.67 and October live cattle closed $1.70 higher at $235.40.  August feeder cattle closed $5.27 higher at $359.65 and The post Cattle futures higher heading into Friday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.