Month: May 2022

A meteorologist says farmers can expect a wide range of weather across the Midwest again this week. Soulje says this week east of the Mississippi River looks just like last week. Soulje expects the western [Read More…]

The National Farmers Union is encouraged by steps taken by the Biden administration to confront supply chain problems and rising input costs. NFU vice president of advocacy Mike Stranz tells Brownfield President Biden’s announcement to [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed mostly lower, adjusting spreads.  Feeder cattle were mostly higher on the day’s lower move in corn.  It was a mostly quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade [Read More…]

Farmers disheartened by planting delays can take comfort in this summer’s warm weather outlook. Wyffels Hybrids agronomy manager Eric Wilson says they’ve been looking at the impact Growing Degree Units have on corn development. “Does [Read More…]

A western Iowa farmer says input challenges are stacking up. Former NCGA president Kevin Ross of Minden tells Brownfield record-high diesel prices aren’t making things easy for his operation. “I filled up the fuel barrel [Read More…]

A new study shows fuel prices would be four percent higher without U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel production. Paul Winters with Clean Fuels Alliance America tells Brownfield the two biofuels reduce distillate prices by increasing [Read More…]

The Chicago Fed is reporting a rise in farmland values and farmer credit conditions in the first quarter. Senior business economist David Oppedahl tells Brownfield values for the first three months of the year were [Read More…]

South Tennessee farmer David Nichols says the rising cost of inputs is really putting the squeeze on farmers this year. He tells Brownfield higher fuel prices have been hard to digest.  “In the last 10-days [Read More…]