Month: April 2022

Agricultural organizations are critical of the Biden administration’s direction on environmental policy. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says the final phase 1 revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act or NEPA are disappointing [Read More…]

A group of leading ag economists is projecting strong net farm incomes for the next couple years. John Kruse is with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute… “We’ve got very strong commodity [Read More…]

Brownfield Ag Meteorologist Greg Soulje says the extended forecast is showing signs of drought improvement.  “We anticipate some delays in spring grain planting and additional improvement to drought for the Northern Plains. The Western Corn [Read More…]

Southwest Indiana farmer Mark Seib says accessing parts is a challenge this planting season. “That’s getting to be more and more of a concern for all the farmers. I used to go to one dealership [Read More…]

A Northeastern Michigan farmer says planting was over halfway complete at this time last year. Robyn Fogarasi tells Brownfield that’s not the case this year as an inch of snow this week has stalled any [Read More…]

An agronomy professor says he’s not worried about planting delays just yet. Michigan State University’s Manni Singh tells Brownfield while planting progress is behind, soil temperatures need to be at least upper 40s for soybean [Read More…]

The world’s largest biofuel producer says ethanol tax credits will boost access to lower-cost fuel options across the Midwest. Doug Berven, Vice President of Corporate Affairs with POET, says Nebraska recently passed a law that [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the country, with the greatest likelihood of cool conditions focused on the Great Lakes States.  However, warmer-than-normal weather will [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, rain showers are gradually ending across the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region.  Elsewhere, extensive fieldwork delays continue, despite the brief return of mild, dry weather.  Thursday’s high temperatures [Read More…]