Year: 2024

An ag transportation expert says the drought situation along the Panama Canal could become the top challenge facing the U.S. grain export system in 2024. Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, says [Read More…]

Milk futures and the cash dairy markets continued to fall Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  March Class III milk was down $0.19 at $16.77.  April was down $0.39 at $16.78.  May was down $0.33 [Read More…]

Now that President Biden has signed the stopgap bill into law, a U.S. Representative from Iowa says lawmakers need to prioritize the farm bill. “We sent a letter to Speaker Johnson urging him to move [Read More…]

Chevron Renewable Energy Group says it’s shutting down two Midwestern biodiesel plants indefinitely. In a press release, company officials cited poor market conditions resulting from weak biodiesel volumes under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. The [Read More…]

Michigan FFA’s state advisor says the Challenge 24 Teacher Academy is addressing educator shortages. Mark Forbush tells Brownfield National Teach Ag Campaign’s State Teach Ag Results (STAR) program in Michigan workshops with high school students [Read More…]

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Congress has sent a stopgap bill to the President that would extend the deadline to fund USDA and several other agencies through March 8th. Congressman Eric Sorenson of Illinois tells Brownfield it’s time to put [Read More…]

Sign-ups for USDA risk management programs are open, and a Farm Service Agency official says offices have been busy.  Greg Biba is the Chief Program Specialist for FSA in Wisconsin, and he says, “Our offices have [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, light precipitation, including some wet snow, is falling in the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys.  Dry weather covers the remainder of the region, with warmth returning across the upper Midwest.  [Read More…]