Month: April 2019

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground in Hopkins, MI May 15 for Find Your Path Ag Career Night presented by Hopkins FFA. Continue reading Find Your Path Ag Career Night presented by [Read More…]

On April 30 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the 25th Annual National Workshop for Dairy Economists and Policy Analysts. Continue reading 25th Annual National Workshop for [Read More…]

Weeds are becoming more difficult to control every year and being armed with a system that can control weeds and help farmers maximize their return on investment. In this Managing for Profit, Ryan Rubischko dicamba [Read More…]

Educators and agribusiness leaders are addressing the industry’s workforce challenges. The commercial talent development leader with Corteva AgriScience says labor shortages in agriculture must be addressed. If they’re not, Drew Ratterman says talent could become [Read More…]

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is doing unwanted pesticide collection events at several sites in the state. Tom Steever spoke to the DNR’s CJ Plassmeyer, who says the free events result in a safer environment. [Read More…]

Damage from blizzards and flooding have raised the question of changing future calving seasons to late spring and early summer. Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State Emeritus Extension animal health specialist, tells Brownfield in the upper Midwest [Read More…]

A South Dakota wheat grower was close to getting spring wheat planted when a storm hit. “About a week ago we had about 24 or 25 inches of snow,” said Shannon DePoy, who farms in [Read More…]

An overwhelming majority of public comments support keeping the gray wolf on the Endangered Species List. Ashley Kohls with the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association says more than 20,000 comments have been submitted to the U.S. [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were lower in limited activity ahead of widespread direct cash business. Feeder cattle were mixed on limited buying interest, deferred contracts found some support in the days [Read More…]

It’s been a challenge seeding spring wheat. U.S. Wheat Associates president Vince Peterson says he’s not sure how many acres get planted in 2019. “I suppose to some extent people are starting to look at [Read More…]

US pork exports to Panama are off to a red-hot start for 2019, but now face additional tariffs.  Gerardo Rodriguez with the US Meat Export Federation says export volume to Panama has already exceeded 130 [Read More…]

Nearly 50 U.S. farm groups and agribusinesses are on a trade mission in Taiwan. USDA Foreign Ag Service Administrator Ken Isley is leading the delegation. “The value of this outreach activity is the great partnership [Read More…]

A former Israeli farmer thinks he may be on to an alternative to flood irrigation. Eran Pollak tells Brownfield the irrigation technology of N-Drip, of which he’s CEO, cuts down on water waste associated with [Read More…]