Month: June 2024

Wisconsin’s ag department is asking dairy producers to share information about their operations in a new survey. Dan Bauer with the Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection’s Farm Center tells Brownfield a lot has [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, upper Midwestern floodwaters continue to slowly drain from tributaries into larger rivers.  Most of the remaining flooding is focused across southeastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, and southern Minnesota.  Some additional heavy [Read More…]

Portable augers are workhorses when it comes to transferring grain and farmers rely on them year-round. In this Managing for Profit, Paul Brisebois, AGI senior vice president says now is the time to do a [Read More…]

A Purdue doctoral student says one of the biggest problems farmers face is post-emergence herbicide injury in soybeans. Marcelo Zimmer says bringing new options to growers is crucial. “If we can use targeted applications and [Read More…]

There have been a lot of stories about the size of the U.S. cattle herd.  Some headlines that you might have heard:  “The cattle herd is shrinking” or “It’s the smallest the cattle herd on [Read More…]

A livestock economist says overall pork supplies continue to grow despite a decline in breeding inventory. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown productivity continues to improve. “If you look at March through May, pigs per litter, [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal rainfall across the Four Corners and from the Northwest eastward across the Plains, Midwest, and New England.  Conversely, drier-than-normal weather is expected over the Southeastern [Read More…]