Month: August 2019

Many farmers have been surprised by how clean their soybean fields look given the challenges this spring. Jeff Moon with Corteva Agriscience says while planting delays and the corresponding late fieldwork was frustrating, it did [Read More…]

A southeast Minnesota farmer has concerns about his late planted corn. Bill Rynda tells Brownfield there was a two-day planting window in May that allowed him to get about half his corn in.  Rains then [Read More…]

The National Corn Growers Association is asking President Trump to help corn farmers harmed by RFS waivers. In a letter, NCGA president Lynn Chrisp said the recent exemptions sent shockwaves through a corn industry that [Read More…]

A boat tour on the Minnesota River brought water quality and the importance of inland waterways to the surface Wednesday evening. Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center director Warren Formo says the tour, hosted in part [Read More…]

Brad Tolson (right) talks with Climate FieldView representative Jacob Schneider A northwest Missouri farmer says he’s not concerned about what he can’t control. Brad Tolson tells Brownfield his soybeans are behind because they were planted [Read More…]

A flooded Illinois field in May 2019 The CEO of Farm Credit Illinois says they guided farmers through a record number of crop insurance claims this year. Tom Tracy tells Brownfield they had claims on [Read More…]

Barely half of South Dakota’s spring wheat crop is harvested as of Sunday. Harvest is slow because the crop is late and wet, according to Todd Hanten, a farmer in northeast South Dakota. “We have [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were higher on end of the month technical buying and spillover from the outside markets. Contracts were pulled down from their highs by the lightly traded but bearish cash [Read More…]

Brownfield spoke with Patrick Christie, founder of Conservis, at the 2019 Farm Progress Show. Conservis helps growers improve their farm management capabilities with data.   Christie says the key to finding profitability with data is [Read More…]

Farm Credit Illinois has been working diligently for their customers through a challenging crop year. President and CEO Tom Tracy tells Brownfield for many farmers in their territory this is the first year they had [Read More…]

The benefits of having a partner’s input and support was made clear in the 2019 crop season. Brock Helgerson, Channel Brand Marketing Lead tells Brownfield there was great value in having a Channel Seedsman working [Read More…]

Surviving a Polar Vortex has helped researchers discover a malting winter barley variety ideal for the Eastern Corn Belt. Director of Procurement Whitney Thompson with Origin Malt says a need for local barley for the [Read More…]

An agronomist says the variability in crop conditions will affect the quality of corn silage. “I think this is going to be a year, from talking with growers that they’ll like to see in the [Read More…]

The Holstein Association is encouraging farmers to switch to Radio Frequency Identification tags to get a jump start on USDA requirements. All dairy cattle in 2023 will need RFID tags for interstate movement to protect [Read More…]