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Farmers getting less for corn, soybeans

The average price received by farmers for corn during March in Wisconsin was $4.39 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Agricultural Prices report. This was 12 cents below the February price but 30 cents above March 2024. The March average price received by farmers for soybeans, at $9.71 per bushel, was 20 cents below the February price and $1.89 below the March 2024 price. The March average oat price per bushel, at $4.10, was 28 cents above February and 22 cents above March 2024. All hay prices in Wisconsin averaged $122 per ton in March. This was $2 below the February price and $15 below the March 2024 price. The March 2025 alfalfa hay price, at $132, was $4 below the previous month and $55 below March 2024. The average price received for other hay during March was $90 per ton. This was $11 above the February price but $47 below March last year. The average price for milk was $21.80 per hundredweight, $1.90 below the February price but $2.60 above March 2024. Prices received for milk cows for dairy herd replacement averaged $3,130 per head as of April 1.