Month: March 2019

The 59th WPS Farm Show gets underway Tuesday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rob Juneau with Wisconsin Public Service or WPS says, “Anything that’s new in agriculture, or whatever a farm needs to get their work done, [Read More…]

A weather analyst says farmers in several states are in danger of additional flooding. Jeff Doran from Planalytics, which helps businesses plan for weather influences says, “Three words come to mind: More trouble ahead.” Doran [Read More…]

A Federal Emergency Management Agency official says disaster relief efforts are underway in Nebraska and Iowa.  Mike Cappannari tells Brownfield FEMA helps coordinate the many resources and agencies that actually provide the aid, and for [Read More…]

A University of Kansas analyst says more than half of the corn and soybean acreage in the U.S. remains at risk for flooding this spring.  Dr. Jude Kastens says, “Given how wet things are already, [Read More…]

An independent agronomist in Minnesota is hearing more farmers talk about crop diversity. “I think growers are starting to realize the corn and soybean system of just being two crops on the operation is a [Read More…]

Planting more corn in 2019 might only be better in theory if delays materialize this spring. Southeast Minnesota farmer Michael Petefish says the reality is a lot of fall fieldwork didn’t get done and this [Read More…]

On March 27, Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground at a Costco chicken barn open house in Allen, Nebraska. Continue reading Costco chicken barn open house at Brownfield Ag News.      

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower, pressured by supply concerns following Friday’s Cattle on Feed report.  The lackluster wholesale trade didn’t provide any support to prices.  April live cattle closed $2.15 lower [Read More…]

According to the latest USDA report, cattle placements during February were up 2 percent on the year. Livestock economist David Anderson says those numbers were well outside of pre-report estimates. But, he says placing cattle [Read More…]

May corn closed at $3.79 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/2 cents May soybeans closed at $9.06 and 1/2, up 2 and 3/4 cents May soybean meal closed at $315.10, up 10 cents May soybean [Read More…]

U.S. trade negotiators are due later this week in Beijing to continue talks aimed at ending the trade war with China. The dispute revolves around tariffs that have slowed business between the U.S. and one [Read More…]

Wet planting and harvesting conditions throughout the Great Lakes resulted in a smaller vegetable crop for most growers last year. Total vegetable and melon production in the U.S. declined one percent in 2018 while harvested [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground in West Lafayette, Indiana Tuesday, April 2 for a  Presidential Dialogue with Mitch Daniels and Sonny Perdue during Purdue Ag Week. Continue reading Presidential Dialogue: Purdue [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, a chilly rain is falling early Monday in the Ohio Valley, especially in the southern half of Ohio. Below-normal temperatures cover all of the Midwest, limiting evaporation from still-soggy fields. Early [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will cover a Flood Relief Roundtable in Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday, March 25, 2019. Continue reading Flood Relief Roundtable at Brownfield Ag News.