Month: April 2022

A Wisconsin man is proof that growing up on the farm isn’t necessary to love farming. 34-year-old Bob Nash from Ozaukee County Wisconsin isn’t your everyday dairy farmer.  Nash tells Brownfield his full-time job is [Read More…]

The soybean complex closed mostly lower with some spread adjustments in deffered soybean contracts. Nearby contracts continue to trade lower following USDA’s estimated record 91 million U.S. soybean acres for this growing season. Expected soybean [Read More…]

A new study highlights consumer knowledge and perception of carbon farming. Healthy Living: And, the survey found that millennials and people in urban areas agree that farmers and ranchers participating in carbon programs are helping [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle and feeder cattle were mostly lower watching corn and the end of the week clean-up direct cash cattle trade.  June live cattle closed $1.27 lower at $135.85 and [Read More…]

Two more Iowa counties are joining the list of places highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the virus has been detected in a flock of [Read More…]

The Army Corps of Engineers is studying how to reduce flooding risks to agriculture land along the Missouri River. Colonel Travis Rayfield, district commander for the Kansas City District of the Army Corps of Engineers, [Read More…]

A rancher in the Nebraska Sandhills says time is running out to get relief from an on-going drought.  Frank Beel tells Brownfield he has 30 days before he’ll have to make tough decisions about grazing. [Read More…]

The National Grain and Feed Association (NFGA) and USDA are asking the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to investigate rail disruptions for ag products. NGFA’s Chief Economist Max Fisher tells Brownfield feed stocks and grain shipments [Read More…]

Several factors are contributing to tighter egg supplies ahead of the Easter holiday. CoBank lead protein analyst Brian Earnest says the U.S. table egg layer flock has been shrinking the past three years because of [Read More…]

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor suggests there was a glaring omission in President Biden’s energy plan announced Thursday. SkorDisappoint1                              (:13) “…our energy independence.” There was speculation Biden would announce plans to make E15 available [Read More…]