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A consultant hired by the National Corn Growers Association says developing new bio-based chemicals from corn is “where the money is.” Nathan Danielson with BioCognito tells Brownfield technology and company demands for “sustainable” products have [Read More…]

The American Farmland Trust says U.S. farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate.  A new report by that group says that in a twenty-year period ending in 2012, more than 30 million acres of farmland [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower.  The lack of direction from the cash cattle trade, softer wholesale values, and concerns over a heavy cattle supply are all contributing to the sluggish cattle [Read More…]

  Across the Corn Belt, rain is maintaining a slow pace of planting progress in parts of the upper Midwest. In contrast, dryness has begun to develop in the southwestern Corn Belt, where topsoil moisture [Read More…]

DowDuPont continues to look for a buyer of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Iowa. The plant, which was heralded as the biggest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world, has been closed since last November. A [Read More…]

Tom Steever will be on the ground for The Missouri Dairy Association Summer Classic on Friday June 8 at Gunter Farms at Conway. Continue reading The Missouri Dairy Association Summer Classic at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

The Executive Vice President of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says an amendment that’s been approved by the Missouri legislature is good for Missouri cattlemen and all of agriculture, “The legislation just clarifies DNR’s regulatory authority [Read More…]

    A mandatory animal identification program is showing its merits as part of national disease outbreak preparedness exercise in Michigan. Michigan state veterinarian Dr. James Averill tells Brownfield Michigan is the only state that [Read More…]

Commentary. John Perkins, the Commodity Market Reporter for Brownfield was on the telephone when I walked past his desk in the newsroom Tuesday morning.  By the pained expression on his face it was clear that [Read More…]

  Average daily U.S. ethanol production hit a more than one-month high last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.040 million barrels a day, up 8,000 on the week and 36,000 on [Read More…]

Trade talks with China will continue next week when China’s top economic advisor visits D.C., according to the White House Press Secretary. Sarah Sanders says the administration is working on something that will benefit everybody.  [Read More…]