Month: February 2025

A University of Nebraska Extension ag economist says farmers should consider price and date triggers when developing a good grain marketing plan. Jessica Groskopf tells Brownfield it’s important to set realistic expectations based on market [Read More…]

Among the many challenges corn growers face each growing season, corn rootworm can be among the most damaging. In this episode of Managing for Profit, DEKALB® Asgrow® Technical Agronomist Andrew Penney of Iowa discusses strategies [Read More…]

U.S. Congressman Randy Feenstra of Iowa says it’s very possible language for year-round E-15 could be included in the March Continuing Resolution. “In December, we kicked that can down the road until March 15,” he [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and near- or below-normal precipitation across most of the country.  Colder-than-normal conditions will be confined to the southern Atlantic [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, frigid weather prevails.  Tuesday morning’s minimum temperatures plunged below -20°F in parts of the upper Midwest, with sub-0°F readings reported as far south as northern Missouri.  Light snow is overspreading the [Read More…]

A Wisconsin agriculture official says consumers are not doing what they usually do when it comes to meat consumption. Jeffrey Swenson with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection tells Brownfield beef demand normally [Read More…]

A cattle producer in southwest Missouri says he’s been preparing livestock for this week’s below zero temperatures. Tanner Clark, who raises angus cattle in Douglas County, tells Brownfield the cattle have wind breaks, extra hay [Read More…]

South Dakota’s  Senate Ag Committee has advanced a bill that would make it illegal to manufacture, sell or distribute lab-grown protein in the state for 10 years. The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association is supportive of [Read More…]