Month: August 2018

A partner with Pipestone says a new county ordinance in Missouri won’t stop them from moving ahead with their planned hog operation. Todd Williams is also a veterinarian with Pipestone who tells Brownfield they are [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed higher despite lack of direction from the cash trade.  Wholesale values were supportive at midday.  October live cattle closed .37 higher at $109.07 and December live cattle [Read More…]

An American Soybean Association officer says the world market for soybeans has not decreased because of China’s shift away from the U.S as a major buyer. Kevin Scott farms in southeast South Dakota, “Other countries [Read More…]

Michigan produced a little less asparagus this year. The USDA says production was down 2% at 238-thousand hundredweight. About 85-hundred acres were harvested for fresh market and processing, which is 500 acres less than last [Read More…]

The site of a new processing plant has been selected in southeast Missouri for high oleic, non-GMO specialty soybeans, “We have this vision of how we could actually help facilitate movement of goods and being [Read More…]

Stine Seed Company has released 44 Stine LibertyLink GT27 brand soybean options for the 2019 sales season. LibertyLink GT27 is the first commercially available soybean trait package that offers built-in tolerance to both glyphosate and [Read More…]

U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue discussed trade negotiations with China, during his visit to the Farm Progress Show Wednesday. “I think really the story is we’re trying to lower expectations,” Perdue said. “But I think [Read More…]

U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue addressed concerns about how USDA calculates trade aid payments while in Iowa this week. Speaking to reporters in Ames after participating in an ag round-table hosted by Iowa Governor Kim [Read More…]

Brownfield News Director Julie Harker will be on the ground in Kansas City September 25 – 26 for the NIAA 2018 Livestock Traceability Forum.   Continue reading NIAA 2018 Livestock Traceability Forum at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

The president of the American Soybean Association is concerned about long-term damage caused by the trade war with China. ASA president John Heisdorffer, a farmer from Keota, Iowa, says—in his opinion—Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans [Read More…]