Year: 2024

An extension educator says Michigan’s Manure Hauler Certification Program is providing third-party education and training for manure handling. Michigan State University’s Charles Gould tells Brownfield the program allows farms and application firms to proactively train [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s proposed lemon law for agricultural equipment is getting a public hearing Tuesday before the State Senate Agriculture & Tourism Committee. The bill’s Senate author, Andre Jocque from DePere says several farmers have talked to [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, pulling March beans to a modest weekly loss. Brazil’s harvest is ongoing, with their basis dropping, limiting export demand for U.S. beans even further. Additionally, Argentina’s set [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed higher, supported by the week’s stronger cash business.  Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn. February live cattle closed $.72 higher at [Read More…]

The USDA says winter weather impacted some dairy markets during the past week. The Agricultural Marketing Service’s latest report says the winter weather affected dairy operations in eastern states, and some milk intended for Class [Read More…]

Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were mostly higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  February Class III milk was up $0.20 at $16.06.  March was up $0.38 at $16.53.  April was up $0.29 at $16.86.  May was up $0.12 at [Read More…]

Mexico continues to be a leading market for U.S. pork producers. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says Mexico’s demand for American pork has been surging. “Number one, the economy [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from South Dakota says he hasn’t heard back from the Biden administration on a request to update trade agreements so U.S. poultry growers can treat birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. John [Read More…]

The Senior Policy Director at the Missouri Soybean Association says the state’s soybean farmers want to see state legislation passed that would protect the privacy of farmers who irrigate their crops. Casey Wasser tells Brownfield [Read More…]

The president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association says finding a fix for Proposition 12 is a top priority.  Chad Leman, an independent pork producer in central Illinois says the California rule lacks consistency. “It [Read More…]

A team of soybean researchers says a little pre-plant nitrogen might help. Mark Kendall with the University of Wisconsin tells Brownfield they’ve been looking at conventional and no-till soybeans following corn.  He says seedlings have [Read More…]

Congressional opponents of California’s Proposition 12 are considering alternative solutions for pork producers if federal legislation fails. U.S. House Agriculture Committee member Angie Craig tells Brownfield the EATS Act, which would prevent states from regulating [Read More…]