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With a 5.6% Yield, This Dividend Aristocrat Pays Monthly. Is It a Buy Here?
BarchartThu Jul 24, 6:30PM CDT
Its consistent monthly dividend payments, ability to increase its future payouts, and a high yield make it a go-to stock for passive income.

Cattle Fall Back as Traders Square Up Ahead of USDA Reports on Friday
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
Live cattle futures posted losses of $1.22 to $1.35 at the close. Cash activity thus far has been limited so far this week, with some light $230-231 in the South. Other bids are $230 in the South and $235 in the North. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction from...

Soybeans Come Back to Close Mixed on Thursday
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
Soybeans saw mixed trade at Thursday’s close with August down 1 ½ cents and other contracts fractionally to 2 cents higher. The cmdtyView national average new crop Cash Bean price was up 1 1/4 cents at $9.73 1/4. Soymeal futures are back down $1.00 to $2.50/ton. Soy Oil was 37...

Cotton Holds onto Thursday Gains
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
Cotton futures closed the Thursday session with contracts 47 to 72 points in the green. Crude oil futures were 95 cents/barrel higher. The US dollar index was higher, up $0.277 to $97.220. Export Sales data showed a total of 32,748 RB in net reductions for old crop cotton in the...

Wheat Close Mixed on Thursday Following Solid Export Sales
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
The wheat complex posted mixed trade on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were steady to a penny higher at the close. KC contracts were the strong point for the complex, up 3 to 5 cents higher. MPLS spring wheat saw weakness on Thursday, with contracts down 2 to 3 cents. USDA’s...

Corn Pushes Higher into the Close, with Help from Export Business
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
Corn futures rounded out the Thursday session with contracts up 3 to 4 cents at the close. The CmdtyView national average new crop Cash Corn price was up 3 cents at $3.78. USDA reported a private export sale of 135,000 MT of corn sold to South Korea (corrected from China...

Hogs Close Mixed on Thursday
BarchartThu Jul 24, 5:31PM CDT
Lean hog futures were 20 to 35 cents higher on Thursday, with August down 27 cents. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $113.61 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.36 from the previous report. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 64 cents at $109.23 on July 22....
Iowa State Fair
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Jul 24, 4:42PM CDT
Brownfield’s Brent Barnett covers the Iowa State Fair. The post Iowa State Fair appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
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Cattle futures lower ahead of USDA reports
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Jul 24, 3:54PM CDT
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of the week’s direct business and Friday’s cattle reports from the USDA. August live cattle closed $1.22 lower at $225.80 and October live cattle closed $1.35 lower at $222.15. August feeder cattle closed $2.62 lower at $328.90 and...
Warm summer kicking up blueberry harvest
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Jul 24, 3:54PM CDT
A southwest Michigan blueberry grower says Mother Nature has been kind at the start of this harvest season. Katelyn Craig with DeGrandchamp Farms says fruit has been ripening a bit faster with the warm weather at the start of July. “Yield looks good, the timing of everything is really nice,”...