Month: August 2025

The Wisconsin Beef Leadership Institute is a joint effort by the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association and the Wisconsin Beef Council, the state’s beef checkoff. Kaitlyn Riley-Kessler from the Beef Council and producer Dennis Breneman explain how [Read More…]

The Highland breed of cattle is growing in popularity. Dennis Breneman raises them in Wisconsin, and discusses the breed and how he and others are helping new Highland beef operators get started successfully with Brownfield’s [Read More…]

An agronomist with Syngenta says conditions have been ideal for crop disease development in southern Minnesota. Tim Dahl tells Brownfield the growing season has gone very well. “But, and I’ll say but, it’s been warm [Read More…]

Jason Munson with Rural Mutual Insurance tells Brownfield livestock, machinery, buildings, and other inventories change, so insurance needs to keep up with the changes. He spoke with Brownfield’s Larry Lee during Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. [Read More…]

Sep. corn closed at $3.83 and 3/4, up 8 and 3/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $10.22 and 1/4, up 14 and 3/4 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $283.40, down 90 centsSep. soybean oil closed at [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says she’s closely watching the ongoing changes at the USDA.   Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says she fears the planned reorganization of the agency into five regional hubs [Read More…]

Pork producers will travel to Washington D.C. next month with a clear message for lawmakers. “The need for a farm bill, whether we’re going to call it farm bill 2.0 (or) skinny farm bill.” And [Read More…]

The chief animal welfare officer at Elanco Animal Health says the extreme heat that has been plaguing much of the country this summer is creating challenges for cattle producers. Dr. Michelle Calvo-Lorenzo says mitigating heat [Read More…]