Nate Engstrand was selected as a Beck’s Player With Heart for his efforts on and off the field. His favorite thing about high school sports is how there is nothing else like it when you step on the field. Playing high school sports is an opportunity that you should take because it shows your mental and physical toughness. To Nate, agriculture is being able to drive around the block and see what all of America’s farmers are doing and continuing for generations ahead by growing crops and farming the land of our ancestors. Nate is involved in ag, football, and track. He plans to go trade school to become a welder and keep White Oaks Bison Farm going for years to come. 

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- September corn $6.1975 up $0.0475

- September soybeans $14.955 up $0.2025

- September soybean meal $449.40 up $8.80

- September soybean oil 66.26 down 115 points

- September Chicago wheat $7.315 down $0.3175

- August live cattle $141.27 down $0.47

- October lean hogs $93.30 down $4.75

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Kaylor Geraets was selected as a Beck’s Player With Heart for her efforts on and off the court. Her favorite thing about high school sports is competing alongside some of her best friends. To Kaylor, agriculture is way of life and with growing up on a farm agriculture has had a major impact on her. She has learned that hard work and perseverance will help you to become successful and achieve your goals. Kaylor is involved in volleyball, basketball, FFA, choir, and Honor Society. After she graduates, Kaylor plans on attending South Dakota State University.

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Olga Brouwer, executive director of Minnesota Agriculture & Rural Leadership, explains how this Minnesota Corn-supported program helps farmers and agriculture professionals develop communication and leadership skills.

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Fertilizer prices aren’t likely to decline ahead of next year’s growing season. And now is as good of time as any to start making plans for next year.

In this Managing for Profit, Mike Powell with Helena talks about some steps growers can take to improve their bottom line.

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- September corn $6.15 up $0.04

- September soybeans $14.7525 up $0.21

- September soybean meal $440.60 up $4.70

- September soybean oil 67.41 down 43 points

- September Chicago wheat $7.6325 down $0.2275

- August live cattle $141.75 up $0.45

- October lean hogs $98.05 up $1.47

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The growing season is winding down for corn and it’s a good time to evaluate the crop and start making harvest plans.

In this Managing for Profit, Illinois-based Channel technical agronomist Derek Whalen shares some things for farmers to consider when they’re putting together their harvest plan.

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Market recap (changes on week):

- September corn up $.19 at $6.27

- December corn up $.21 at $6.28

- September soybeans up $.27 at $14.91

- November soybeans up $.11 at $14.11

- September soybean oil up 3.79 cents at 69.14 cents/lb

- September soybean meal up $16.60 at $453

- September wheat up $.29 at $8.08

- July wheat up $.17 at $8.47

Weekly Highlights:

- The consumer price index last week came in at 8.5% year over year and was flat compared to June. Economists had anticipated a slight increase. 

- US weekly ethanol production came down 21 thousand barrels per day last week (roughly 6.1 million gallons on the week).

- Export sales last week were a little better for corn and wheat but net negative for soybeans and grain sorghum. Both old and new crop export sales are dragging heading into the final weeks of the marketing year.

- Open interest for Chicago soybeans increased 2% while Chicago corn was down 2% and wheat was basically flat on the week. Managed money traders also added net long 6.28contracts across the three commodities leading to a shrinkage of the net short in Chicago wheat, and expansion of net longs for Chicago corn and soybeans for the second straight week.

- Brazil’s CONAB released estimates that their 2021/22 corn production is estimated at 114.691 million metric tons compared to 87.4 million tons last year but slightly down from their previous crop forecast.

- USDA lowered the US average corn yield 1.6 bushels per acre in Friday’s monthly supply and demand report while increasing soybean yield 0.4 bushels per acre. There was also a revision of 100,000 fewer wheat acres, 100,000 fewer corn acres and 300,000 fewer soybean acres in the upper plains to the June acreage report. None of this was a surprise.

- Weekly grain export inspections were down week over week across the board. With two weeks left in the corn and soybean marketing year- corn sits 6% below the seasonal pace to hit USDA’s 2,450-million-bushel export target while soybeans are 1% higher that their pace needed.

- The National Oilseed Processors Association reported their members crushed 170.2 million bushels in July- coming in below the 171.5 the trade was expecting but above last month and July of 2021.

- National corn conditions rating fell another 1% on the good to excellent condition rating to 57% last week compared to a historical average of 63%.

- National soybean good to excellent ratings also fell 1% to 58% compared to the three-year average of 61%.

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- September corn $6.11 down $0.1575

- September soybeans $14.5425 down $0.3975

- September soybean meal $435.90 down $16.30

- September soybean oil 67.84 down 110 points

- September Chicago wheat $7.86 down $0.1475

- August live cattle $141.30 up $1.55

- October lean hogs $96.57 down $4.00

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From meeting Indiana farmers to better understanding how soybeans are part of consumers everyday lives, when fairgoers visit the Glass Barn they learn how agriculture benefits the state.

In this episode, Elaine Gillis, one of the Glass Barn’s featured farmers shares why the Glass Barn is important.

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