Year: 2023

Photo provided by Indiana Farm Bureau The 2023 Indiana legislative session is underway. Indiana lawmakers met with Indiana Farm Bureau members on Tuesday to hear the organization’s policy priorities.   Indiana State Representative Wendy McNamara [Read More…]

Rising costs could put the future of tart cherry production in jeopardy in the nation’s largest producing state.  Michigan State University Extension Specialist Nikki Rothwell tells Brownfield their latest survey cuts through wishful thinking. “It’s [Read More…]

The chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors says inflation is easing and that is good news for the ag industry. Cecilia Rouse tells Brownfield ag input prices have had their largest decrease [Read More…]

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced its intent to publish an environmental impact study on the impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The agency says the study will examine the effects [Read More…]

The updated Waters of the United States Rule is now published in the federal register. The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers tweaked language in the new version to provide more clarity to agriculture. This [Read More…]

A Missouri Representative plans to stay engaged in the 2023 Farm Bill discussions. “We have the safest, most abundant and affordable food supply in the world,” says Sam Graves. “We just want to make sure [Read More…]

After 40 years with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Illinois State Conservationist Ivan Dozier is retiring. Looking back, Dozier tells Brownfield technological advancements have been the biggest shift during his tenure. “For example, when [Read More…]

Co-Alliance Cooperative is paying $45 million in patronage to farmer-members who did business with the cooperative in 2022. The amount, 51 percent of the cooperative’s earnings, represents an unprecedented cash return as a member owned [Read More…]

An extension fertilizer specialist suggests there could be a silver lining to drought conditions that have plagued the Corn Belt.  Brad Carlson with the University of Minnesota says the coming crop year provides an interesting [Read More…]