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The director of USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub says farmers will need patience this fall as repeated rainfall continues to cause harvest delays. Dennis Todey tells Brownfield, “What has happened now is going to affect us from a soils and harvest perspective for several weeks, if not a couple months at this point.” He says a The post Climatologist says wet weather could delay harvest weeks, possibly months appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A U.S. Senator is hearing skepticism from farmers about a possible export ban on diesel. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith visited a farm in southwest Minnesota Friday. “The price of diesel is upper most on everyone’s mind. And there was a lot of skepticism I would say amongst this group of farmers about whether some sort The post Diesel, fertilizer prices weigh on Minnesota farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher with boxed beef up at midday, waiting on direct business to develop. October live cattle closed $.20 lower at $218.87 and December live cattle closed $1.05 higher at $222.15.  October feeder cattle closed $3.17 higher at $334.92 and November feeder cattle closed $3.90 The post Cattle futures mostly higher to finish the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Soybeans were mixed, mostly weak, but ended the week in solidly positive territory. Aside from the trade truce extension, there very little immediate news for commodities from the meeting with China, which put some early pressure on prices. There’s talk that actual details could be coming early next week. China has already picked up about The post Soybeans, corn end session mixed, both up on the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.