Month: March 2026

Michigan farmers and food processors are raising concerns about the lack of transparency in the water discharge permitting process with the state. Former state agriculture director Jamie Clover Adams aired grievances she’s been receiving through [Read More…]

Southwest Minnesota farmer George Goblish is in his first year as the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council’s District 7 director and says there’s been a lot to learn. He tells Brownfield the Soy Checkoff makes [Read More…]

Farmers who want to see new technology and innovations have the opportunity to see it up close this week.  Matt Cullen with Wisconsin Public Service tells Brownfield that the WPS Farm Show features innovations that [Read More…]

Luke Luchterhand farms with his cousin Aaron and his aunt Alma at Elusive Hill dairy in Wisconsin, where they compared traditional parlors to robotic milkers and a rotary parlor, and for them, the benefits of [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA needs to think outside of the box to deliver assistance faster to producers impacted by events like the recent Nebraska wildfires. “We are going to be looking at every single [Read More…]

A veterinarian with the USDA says highly pathogenic avian influenza detections continue to occur across the Midwest. Dr. Chelsey Shivley, acting critical issues manager for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, says the virus [Read More…]

Spring planting is just a few weeks out for southwest Iowa farmer Kevin Ross. “You get around that April 10 or 11th time frame, and a lot of folks want to run if we can. [Read More…]

A delegation of corn growers from the Midwest told federal lawmakers they have one top policy priority. Shane Goplin says, “The number one thing with every single meeting we had was E15.” Goplin farms near [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says lawmakers still have a lot of work ahead on the farm bill. “We have a great product coming out of the House. We will make our own changes hopefully here [Read More…]