Month: March 2023

Valent is very connected to the solutions that farmers need to solve the problems they are facing in their fields. Kenny Seebold, product development manager for the seed protection group at Valent USA tells Brownfield [Read More…]

Nutrient Ag Solutions is the retail business of Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. The brand was established in 2018 after Nutrien was formed through the merger of PotashCorp and Agrium. [Read More…]

Mike Riffle, Senior Director of Field Research and Development for Valent USA tells Brownfield his company takes the research pipeline very seriously and it is indeed robust at this time. From seed treatments to herbicides [Read More…]

The evening of November 4, 2021 changed the life of Indiana native Dustin Huff when he harvested the second largest typical whitetail in the world. Huff tells Brownfield he watched the monster buck tip over [Read More…]

A cold front moving into the southern and eastern U.S. will clear much of the Atlantic Seaboard by Saturday but will linger across Florida’s peninsula, where rainfall could total 1 to 2 inches or more.  [Read More…]

An expert on world politics says China will try to replace whatever it gets from the U.S. but for now, there are still market opportunities.  Jacob Shapiro is an analyst who predicts global trends including [Read More…]

A farm management specialist says state policies have the potential to drive the adoption of autonomous farm machinery. Jordan Shockley with the University of Kentucky tells Brownfield federal policy for autonomous equipment in agriculture doesn’t [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s honey producers had a much more productive 2022 than in 2021.  USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says honey producers with five or more colonies produced 2.92 million pounds of honey last year, far ahead [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mixed ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report, which was out after Friday’s close. April live was down $.02 at $162.32 and June was $.47 [Read More…]

A southwest Iowa farmer says adapting to higher input costs is becoming the norm. Dave McGargill says the cost of production continues to impact his operation. “Our expenses are terribly high,” he said. “That just [Read More…]