Month: February 2023

An agronomist says he’s seeing an uptick in sorghum interest as drought continues to pressure parts of the country. UPL marketing manager Ryan Bryant-Schlobohm who is based in Texas, says forage sorghum is becoming an [Read More…]

Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mixed Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. March Class III milk was up $0.14 at $17.86.  April was up $0.06 at $17.66.  May was down $0.08 at $18.07.  [Read More…]

Both the Women, Infants, and Children program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have components that offer nutrition education. Former Secretary of Agriculture and co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Prevention Initiative and the Supplemental [Read More…]

The Iowa Soybean Association is asking legislators to increase funding for water quality and conservation efforts. ISA director of public affairs Michael Dolch says this year marks the tenth anniversary of Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy. [Read More…]

North Carolina’s 2015 law prohibiting activists from on-farm undercover activities has been partially blocked by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The three-judge panel was split two-to-one, giving a partial victory to People for the [Read More…]

The USDA says that as of the week ending February 23rd, soybean and wheat export inspections are ahead of the pace needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2022/23 marketing year started [Read More…]

Soil health is a hot topic. Missouri Soybeans Agronomy and Research Director Eric Oseland says that’s the case because of the need to keep row crop farming sustainable. Oseland says incorporating cover crops and no [Read More…]

An economist says farmland values have not reached their peaked. Ernie Goss is with Creighton University. “We’re seeing farmland prices go for as much as $25,000 an acre.” He tells Brownfield the farm economy is [Read More…]