Month: February 2024

A member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says it seems like the farm bill could be delayed until after elections at the rate Congress is currently moving. Republican Congressman Max Miller of Ohio tells [Read More…]

A livestock economist says USDA’s February Cattle on Feed report indicated more contraction in the industry. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says, “I don’t read too much into the fact that placements succeeded pre-report (estimates) [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from Iowa says she’s continuing to push back against California’s Proposition 12 law. Republican Joni Ernst says tells Brownfield Prop 12 will be harmful to food production and the ag economy. “We [Read More…]

Field work is already underway in Iowa. The USDA says Iowa farmers took advantage of the weather to apply fertilizer and manure, with some starting tillage and even oat planting. The eastern half of the [Read More…]

Indiana had an unseasonably warm February. The USDA says statewide temperatures were more than eight degrees warmer than average, even with some wide swings, while precipitation was lower than usual, pulling soil moisture levels down [Read More…]

Warmer, drier conditions were the big ag weather feature for Illinois in February. The USDA says average statewide temperatures were 10 degrees above usual levels, while precipitation was more than an inch short of normal, [Read More…]

Price uncertainty and the prospect of a government shutdown are top of mind as Farm Service Agency officials remind farmers of impending deadlines. Minnesota FSA director Whitney Place tells Brownfield corn and soybean growers have [Read More…]

February was warmer and wetter than normal in Arkansas. The USDA says nearly the entire state has adequate to surplus soil moisture levels, keeping many farmers out of the fields for most of the month, [Read More…]