Month: March 2023

A provider of livestock ventilation equipment says keeping fresh air moving around calf pens is more challenging than ventilation in a barn full of cows, but there is a way to keep the little ones [Read More…]

Jeremy Williams is with American Droan. He tells Brownfield the equipment is changing, the payloads are changing, and the batteries are getting better. He also says there is a point where farmers start to move [Read More…]

A Minnesota farmer that needed more timely spray applications is now helping other farmers solve the same problems. John Dieball John Dieball is a farmer and custom drone operator near Henderson, Minnesota.  Dieball tells Brownfield [Read More…]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the only thing clear about the Waters of the United States rule is its uncertainty.  During a committee hearing with the House last week, the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher supported by the week’s sharply higher cash business and stronger cutout values.  April live cattle closed $.80 higher at $168.35 and June lives closed [Read More…]

May corn closed at $6.60 and 1/2, up 11 centsMay soybeans closed at $15.05 and 1/2, up 31 centsMay soybean meal closed at $466.00, up $6.10May soybean oil closed at 55.49, up 112 pointsMay wheat [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying, cementing strong weekly gains. Planted area came out at 87.5 million acres, up slightly on the year, and quarterly stocks were smaller than expected. The stocks [Read More…]

A southern Illinois farmer says he is feeling more pressure to produce strong crops this season. Mark Krausz of New Baden tells Brownfield margins will likely be tighter this year. “The markets and everything are [Read More…]