Month: July 2026

A farm business management instructor says changes to Minnesota’s Beginning Farmer Tax Credit should make the program more effective. Kristina McVicker with South Central College tells Brownfield a funding cap has been temporarily removed for [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were down Monday to start the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.68. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0125 at $1.5950. No sales were reported.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.63. No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0375 to $1.47. Seventeen sales were reported ranging from $1.46 to [Read More…]

One of the biggest healthy food trends in the last few years has been tinned fish.  That could be oily fish, which are high in Omega 3s like sardines, mackerel, salmon, or trout.  But did [Read More…]

Monty Christian with Texas Tech University says he expects U.S. sorghum acreage to grow as more farmers see its benefits. He tells Brownfield  sorghum is a great rotation crop, shows promise in dairy rations, and [Read More…]

An ag economist says there’s still no clear signs of expansion in the cattle herd.   Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension says heifers held back for beef cow replacement were up 3 percent in the Cattle Inventory report.  “Yes, it’s [Read More…]