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ROLLA, Mo. – Strong storms erupted in the Midwest on Friday evening, including a reported tornado that hit Rolla, Missouri.Dramatic video showed powerful winds sweeping over the gas station where the men were parked. "We are in a tornado!" Tad Peters yells. Light flashes as the storm hits lines near...

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NEWKIRK, Okla. – Four people were injured, including two medics, during a multivehicle crash involving an ambulance amid an intense dust storm in Oklahoma on Friday.The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. as Newkirk's Ambulance 56 was returning from a hospital in Blackwell and ran into zero visibility conditions along Highway...

Soybeans settled the Friday session with 5 to 7 cent gains across most contracts, with March rolling off the board. May futures were down 9 cents this week, with new crop November 7 ½ cents lower. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 5 1/2 cents at $9.53....

The wheat complex posted weaker trade on Friday across the three markets as March Rolled off the board. Chicago SRW was the weaker of the three, down 5 to 6 cents, with May 5 ¾ cents higher on the week. Kansas City HRW contracts were 1 to 2 cents lower...

The corn market closed Friday with front months down 6 to 8 cents in the nearbys as March expired and May dropping 10 ¾ cents on the week. New crop December was down 3 ¼ cents on Friday, with a 4 cent pullback this week. The CmdtyView national average Cash...

Live cattle futures posted gains of 75 cent to $1.125 across most front months on Friday, with April rallying $2.90 on the week. Cash trade got kicked off across the country on Friday, with southern sale at $203 and Northern action at $205-206. Friday morning’s Fed Cattle Exchange online auction...

Lean hog futures posted front month strength on Friday, with contracts up a dime to $1 at the close. April was back down 72 cents on the week. The Friday afternoon national average base hog negotiated price from the USDA was reported at $89.05, down a dime from the day...

Cotton futures rallied on Friday, with contracts up 68 to 90 points at the close, as May was up 130 points this week. Crude oil futures were back up $0.64/barrel to provide some support, with the US dollar index down $0.155 on the day. The large managed money spec funds...

The sudden termination of two USDA food programs has some producers seeking new marketing channels.  Federal officials ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and the Local Food for Schools Program, which provided a direct marketing pathway for many meat, vegetable, and honey producers.  One of them is Mike Miles...

A line of corn hybrids popular with U.S. dairy producers is being discontinued.  In a statement to Brownfield, a Corteva spokesperson says the dairy industry is evolving and the company is focused on growing farmer demand for high-quality, high-tonnage silage hybrids.  Corteva has made the decisions to phase out Brown...

The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says the Trump administration’s freezing of USDA funding is having far reaching consequences. Jonathan Coppess tells Brownfield, “These are duly appropriated, constitutionally appropriated funds by Congress.”  He says, “The federal courts have been telling the administration to...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up +2.13%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.49%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) rose +1.85%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Bipartisan legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate to help improve risk management and financial resources for farmers. Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar stressed the need to close crop insurance gaps for beginning farmers and veterans during a recent hearing. “Many small, diversified producers face challenges with...