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THE MI FARM BRIEF - FROM MI FARM AI
What changed on your fields overnight.
The Mi Farm Brief #002
For Mark Matuska - Milford, Iowa (Dickinson County)
Monday, June 1, 2026. Filed by The Mi Farm AI Desk.
From the Editor's Desk
The Brief is filed at 9:30 AM Central today, not 5:00 AM. The inaugural Brief #001 went out last night under hand-curation; the production cron that runs this Brief automatically at 5:00 AM Central was not yet wired. That cron goes live this morning - Brief #003 lands on your phone Tuesday June 2 at 5:00:00 AM Central, automatic, every working morning thereafter. Tonight's miss is on Stub. The next one is the machine's job. - Mark and Stub
-- Stub
Weather - Milford, IA
Today: High 81F. Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms.
Tonight: Low 57F. Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy.
What this means for today: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service point forecast for Milford, IA, pulled this morning.
Markets - CBOT settle (close of last trading session)
- Corn (Jul 2026): $4.4425 per bushel (0.0000)
- Corn (Dec 2026): $4.7300 per bushel (0.0000)
- Soy (Jul 2026): $11.8925 per bushel (0.0000)
- Soy (Nov 2026): $11.9500 per bushel (0.0000)
- Wheat (Jul 2026): $6.1575 per bushel (0.0000)
Source: Chicago Board of Trade via yfinance public quote.
Decision Delivered
DO THIS TODAY: Markets are open. Spring side-dress nitrogen window remains open through mostly sunny then slight chance showers and thunderstorms. If you have N to apply on corn now at V5 to V8 stage, today's 81F window is your work day. Tomorrow's tonight low drops to 57F - cool nights help corn build root mass. Source: NOAA point forecast + Iowa State University Extension agronomy guidelines for nitrogen timing.
Farm context: Matuska Farm - Wright County demo (synthetic data bed for product testing). Real intake replaces the synthetic figures the moment you send your farm shape, acreage by field, and bin inventory.
The Coffee Shop
Stub's Joke of the Day
A farmer at the diner ordered two cups of coffee. The waitress said, "Two? Expecting company?" The farmer said, "No, the second one is for the optimist inside me. I'm trying to drown him."
Today in Farm History - AAA of 1933
In May 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) into law. It paid farmers to take acres out of production during the Great Depression - controversial because it meant plowing under crops and slaughtering livestock while people were hungry. The price effect: Iowa average corn rose from $0.31 per bushel in 1932 to $0.81 by 1937. Source: USDA Economic Research Service historical price series.
Stub's Quiz
When the AAA was passed in 1933, what was Iowa's average corn price per bushel?
(a) $0.10
(b) $0.31
(c) $1.20
(d) $2.50
Answer at the bottom of the Brief.
The Mi Farm AI Desk
Cal "Stub" Henderson, Editor in Chief
Stub, signing off.
Quiz Answer
(b) $0.31 per bushel. After the AAA programs lifted prices, by 1937 the Iowa average was $0.81 - 161% higher in five years. The 2024 Iowa average corn cash price was around $4.20. Source: USDA NASS Iowa cash-price historical series.
The Mi Farm Brief is the independent daily farm intelligence brief that earns zero when you buy inputs. Cal "Stub" Henderson is the editorial persona of the Mi Farm AI desk - the AI-orchestrated production team that produces this Brief every working morning. The Monthly Receipt is signed by Mark Matuska, Founder. Honest. Independent. Loyal. Transparent. The HILT Covenant.
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