Month: November 2023

The U.S. Department of Commerce lowered import duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer last week, but an agriculture group says the reduction might not last. Nancy Martinez with the National Corn Growers Association tells Brownfield the [Read More…]

Mild temperatures and widespread snow impacted fall fieldwork in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says harvest and fall tillage continued, and livestock were being brought in from pasture. Just three percent of the state’s [Read More…]

Cotton, peanut and soybean harvest are nearing completion in Arkansas. USDA says 96% of the cotton is harvested and peanut harvest is 92% complete, both a significant advancement from the previous week. 95% of soybeans [Read More…]

Harvest is wrapping up or nearing the end for most Iowa farmers. USDA’s latest weekly crop update shows soybeans 97 percent harvested and corn at 89 percent.  The pace for both crops is more than [Read More…]

Some of Wisconsin’s harvest is being delayed by higher moisture levels in the late maturing crops.  USDA statisticians say the corn for grain harvest is 50% finished with moisture levels averaging 21%.  That’s two days [Read More…]

Construction will begin next year for the first major facility upgrades in nearly 60 years for some agricultural research facilities at Michigan State University. AgBioResearch Director George Smith tells Brownfield the infrastructure improvements would not [Read More…]

Milk futures were lower and the cash dairy markets were lower except for cheese blocks Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    November Class III milk was down $0.16 at $17.17.  December was down $0.16 at $17.11.  January was down $0.18 at [Read More…]

Some Missouri Bootheel farmers are waiting until next spring to apply fertilizer. Ryan Wilson from Portageville says the low Mississippi River levels are raising fall fertilizer prices including MAP and DAP and that rising cost [Read More…]

A farmer in central South Dakota says corn and sunflower harvest have been on hold due to the wet weather and a lack of grain storage. Chuck Todd from Onida tells Brownfield local grain elevators [Read More…]

The senior vice president of government and public affairs at the Renewable Fuels Association says a legislative fix to allow year-round E15 is closer than it’s ever been before. “I think we’re at a better [Read More…]