Month: February 2023

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza had an impact on chicken egg production in 2022. The USDA says the number of table and hatching egg layers last year averaged 379.304 million head, 3% less than 2021, with [Read More…]

The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to conduct all necessary actions associated with train derailment cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio. During a news conference today, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Norfolk Southern will [Read More…]

Milk futures were higher and cash dairy prices steady to higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. March Class III milk was up $0.19 at $17.84.  April was up $0.24 at $18.07.  May was up [Read More…]

Illinois Association FFA is celebrating record membership during National FFA Week. “We’ve taken our membership from about 24,000 up to 39,000 FFA members this year.” State President Rachel Hood of the Rushville-Industry FFA Chapter tells [Read More…]

Waterhemp is one of those weeds that can be difficult to control.  It’s long emergence pattern can outlast herbicide application. In this Managing for Profit, Kip Jacobs, UPL Tech Services Manager talks about why layering [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s frustrated over Mexico’s revised biotech corn ban. “Mexico doubled down in resistance to GMOs,” he said Tuesday morning. Mexican officials recently announced an immediate ban of genetically modified corn [Read More…]

A strong ag economy has created challenges for beginning farmers. Compeer Financial vice president of core markets Chris Fitzloff says high commodity prices have driven up costs for land and inputs. “And these inflated prices [Read More…]

The largest winter storm of the season will hit most of the Midwest hard the next few days. Brownfield Ag Meteorologist Greg Soulje says a 100-degree temperature swing from the Delta to the Upper Midwest [Read More…]

Ohio Farm Bureau members are seeking additional landowner protections including eminent domain reform. Brandon Kern, the senior director of state and national policy, says the organization is promoting legislation to reform the eminent domain program [Read More…]

Agriculture supply chain challenges may soften in 2023. Ken Eriksen works in the commodity insights division of S&P Global. He tells Brownfield a slow-down in the economy is naturally bringing some supply chain issues into [Read More…]