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Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican attends the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting. The post Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Improve protein digestibility of high-oleic soybeans. Dr. Lynn Davis, Dairy Nutritionist, explains the benefits of properly roasting high-oleic soybeans for use in dairy feed rations. The post Roasting High-Oleic Soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag [Read More…]

Wisconsin will soon learn who will serve as the next Alice in Dairyland. Ag Secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield the one-year public relations position helps people understand where their food comes from. “One of the [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. While ag trade was discussed with China, including soybeans, nothing concrete has been reported from the meeting as of yet. For now, China will likely continue [Read More…]

The CEO of The Fertilizer Institute says disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East continue to affect global markets. In a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Wednesday, Corey Rosenbusch told attendees tighter global [Read More…]

An agronomist encourages corn and soybean growers to monitor stands as crops emerge. Ryan Peterson with WinField United says even emergence is extremely critical. “Let’s say you have two corn plants next to each other, [Read More…]

U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the bipartisan E15 bill that passed out of the House on Wednesday is a monumental moment for agriculture. “We know this is such a challenging time for our ag economy, [Read More…]

Jul. corn $4.67 and 1/2, down 15 and 1/4 centsJul. soybeans $11.92 and 1/2, down 36 and 1/2 centsJul. soybean meal $332.50, down $6.00Jul. soybean oil 73.66, down 66 pointsJul. Chicago wheat $6.58, down 17 [Read More…]

Soybean export sales fell to a marketing year low for the second consecutive week. The USDA says old crop soybean sales during the week ending May 7th were below average and while China was a [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says the bipartisan support shown for nationwide E15 legislation should carry weight in the Senate. Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, a primary supporter of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel [Read More…]

The chair of the Rural Domestic Energy Council in the U.S. House is celebrating House passage of nationwide year-round E15 legislation. Iowa Republican Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield. “I’m just so excited, I’m so excited for [Read More…]

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says Congress continues to discuss additional financial assistance for agriculture. In a committee hearing Wednesday, John Boozman told attendees… “In the immediate future, Congress must provide additional [Read More…]

An expert on biological products says growers can improve yields and achieve more consistent crop performance when the products are used properly. “If they didn’t work, people wouldn’t be buying them,” said Jason McGarrh, vice [Read More…]

The CEO of the American Royal says the event will be relocating major events from Kansas City, Missouri to its new Kansas location starting this fall. Pat Macy tells Brownfield this plan has been in [Read More…]

A board member for Clean Fuels Alliance America says the U.S. EPA’s Renewable Volume Obligations for 2026 and 2027 will play a critical role supporting demand for ag commodities. Greg Anderson, who farms in northeastern [Read More…]

An expert on biologicals says they can help growers increase yields and get consistent performance if utilized correctly. On this episode of Managing for Profit, Jason McGarrh from Locus Agriculture discusses the simplicity of biologicals [Read More…]

The U.S. House passed nationwide, year-round E15 legislation Wednesday evening with bipartisan support, 218 to 203. Congressman Adrian Smith of Nebraska is the sponsor of the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. “This is [Read More…]

The farm bill recently passed in the U.S. House includes language that would overturn California’s Proposition 12 law and similar legislation. Maria Zieba with the National Pork Producers Council says if that language stays in [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up sharply on technical buying.  June live cattle closed $5.10 higher at $252.80 and August live cattle closed $5.40 higher at $246.47.  August feeder cattle [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Soybeans are waiting to see what comes out of this week’s face-to-face, high level trade talks with China. It remains to be seen how much of [Read More…]