Month: August 2018

A group of cattle producers is expanding their challenge of the beef checkoff program and how the dollars are used.  R-CALF USA’s CEO Bill Bullard says, “We used the Montana Beef Council case as a test [Read More…]

Corn and soybean prices sunk Friday after the USDA raised its production estimates for both crops. Iowa State University extension economist Chad Hart says the trade anticipated an uptick in yield. “But not nearly as [Read More…]

A policy specialist says it will take tremendous political will for the House and Senate conference committees to get the 2018 Farm Bill done on time. Jonathan Coppess with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield [Read More…]

Researchers have gone a step further in showing flies can infect pigs with devastating diseases. In 2003, doctors Scott Dee, Satoshi Otake, and others proved that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome—commonly called PRRS virus—could survive [Read More…]

Soybean farmers are being reminded to stay on top of aphid populations. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says the number of aphids in a field can double and even triple in a [Read More…]

A northern Minnesota crop and livestock farmer recently lost four calves in one night after gray wolves attacked his herd.  And the producer says he feels like his hands are tied. Shayne Isane of Badger [Read More…]

The director of risk consulting services for CHS Hedging says the trade war could not come at a worse time for farmers. Kent Beadle tells Brownfield farm incomes have followed commodity prices down the last [Read More…]

The five major candidates vying to be Minnesota’s next governor shared their views on many important ag issues Wednesday during Farmfest. DFL candidates Tim Walz, Lori Swanson, and Erin Murphy joined Republicans Tim Pawlenty and [Read More…]

A new study by USDA’s Economic Research Service says the Produce Rule in the Food Safety Modernization Act will cost smaller farms the most to implement. The study says costs related to administering the rule, [Read More…]

Excessive rainfall at the start growing season in parts of the Corn Belt has some farmers battling mobile nutrient loss. In this Managing for Profit, we’ll learn how growers can use the nutrient monitoring tools [Read More…]

Growers at Farmfest described extreme variability in corn and soybean fields because of wet conditions.  Bob Worth farms near Lake Benton in southwest Minnesota. “We’re probably going to have record yields in certain areas of [Read More…]