Month: November 2021

The CEO of CropLife America says while pesticide dealers are seeing higher than average prices and supply chain disruptions, they are doing their best to make sure product is available for the 2022 growing season. [Read More…]

Cattle producers are raising some of the highest quality beef in the industry’s history – and it’s adding value to their product. “None of us are in business to break even every single year.” Kara [Read More…]

Two legislative proposals with two very different solutions have the same goal of fixing the cattle market but a pair of cattle groups disagree which is the best fix. R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard says the [Read More…]

The farmland market is in uncharted territory with record sales. Compeer Financial chief appraiser Mike Morris says with all the risk and opportunity, it’s important to work with a trusted advisor with expectations for continued [Read More…]

Golden Harvest technical agronomy manager Bruce Battles tells Brownfield that in addition to Golden Harvest’s E-Luminate, the company has many useful digital tools that are easily accessible. “They’re actually more accessible than E-Luminate, right there [Read More…]

Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner but don’t let it linger on the table for too long. For all hot and cold foods– you can only safely keep them out up to two hours – after that, harmful [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by cash and wholesale business, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct trade. Feeders picked up additional support from the modestly lower [Read More…]

The USDA says commercial red meat production during October was 4.755 billion pounds, a drop of 7% on the year. Beef production was 2.366 billion pounds, 4% lower, with a 3% decline in slaughter to [Read More…]

The Republican leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are calling on EPA to rescind its ban on chlorpyrifos. Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn GT Thompson and Arkansas Senator John Boozman are leading a bicameral effort [Read More…]

A farmer in west-central Minnesota expects to pay $70 to $80 more per-acre on fertilizer next year. But D.J. VanKlompenburg of Montevideo says corn still looks profitable. “It kind of cuts into your savings a [Read More…]

Strong export demand helped the nation’s largest agricultural cooperative, CHS, achieve its highest revenue in nearly a decade. CEO Jay Debertin tells Brownfield the 2021 fiscal year ended August 31st with earnings of $554 million, [Read More…]

Commodity groups continue to use social media to reach consumers. Minnesota Pork director of communications Katelyn Gradert says they’ve gathered a group of swine veterinarians, nutritionists, as well as male and female pig farmers, to [Read More…]

The Soybean Transportation Coalition works on behalf of soybean growers to improve roads, bridges and all the ways crops need to move from the farmer to the end user. Executive director Mike Steenhoek discusses how [Read More…]

Airable Research Lab leverages experience and knowledge in the soybean industry to create innovative and sustainable solutions in research and product development. In this Voice of Soy, Barry McGraw, the chief laboratory officer shares how [Read More…]

Galynn Beer, senior sales manager with AgroLiquid, tells Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip more about fertilizer supply chain concerns. …     

Cassandra Kuball and Mykel Wedig with Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative discuss ag policy and trade concerns important to dairy with Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip. …     

Doug Sibbitt, marketing representative for Nutrien Premium Fertilizer Technologies, talks with Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip about 2022 fertilizer concerns. …     

Bob Campbell, senior vice president of lending with Farm Credit Services of America talks with Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip about farmer credit conditions. …