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A board member with the American Soybean Association says although there is no official deal between China and the US yet, there have been reports that China could purchase 30 to 40 percent more soybean [Read More…]

Minnesota commodity groups say Governor Dayton has dealt farmers another major blow by vetoing two more bills containing legislation important to agriculture. Dayton struck down the Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill, which would’ve provided $250,000 dollars [Read More…]

A group of Mexican buyers touring cattle operations in Missouri and Illinois this week say they don’t want to lose NAFTA. On Tuesday, the buyers visited Mead Farms in Barnett, Missouri. Marco Alvarez and Julio [Read More…]

Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst calls legislative action on the state’s gas tax a big win for rural Missourians and the entire state.  Lawmakers passed a bill that will let voters decide whether to [Read More…]

Corn planting reached 66 percent as of Sunday in South Dakota, well behind last year and the average. Soybean planting in South Dakota is 24 percent complete, way behind last year and the average. Emergence [Read More…]

The dairy markets were down Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three May milk was unchanged at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 to $15.75. July was down $.01 to $16.45.  August was [Read More…]

Commentary. Spring was just a blip on the screen following the winter-that-would-never-end.  My lilacs were in full bloom for about 2 minutes before they faded and folded and disappeared.  Summer is in a very big [Read More…]

Seven White House meetings to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard in recent months have ethanol groups working hard to separate fact from fiction. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says speculation follows every gathering between the [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground for a statewide candidate forum hosted by Michigan Farm Bureau on August, 15 in Lansing, MI. Continue reading Michigan statewide candidate forum at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

Illinois corn planting is winding down and farmers made good progress last week with soybean planting and hay cutting. Temperatures and rain were above normal. The Illinois USDA NASS office says corn planted was at 96 [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are overspreading the upper Midwest, where corn and soybean planting has advanced quickly in recent days but remains mostly behind schedule. On May 20, corn planting was [Read More…]

A low-pressure system over the western Caribbean Sea will drift northward, possibly acquiring tropical or subtropical characteristics. Regardless of development, an extremely wet weather pattern will persist in parts of the Southeast, where 5-day rainfall [Read More…]

What do labels on beef mean about how cattle are raised? Mandy Carr  with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says almost all cattle are raised on pasture, but there are some differences which can be [Read More…]