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A central Iowa farmer is concerned about the combination of a mild winter and wet spring. Corey Hillebo grows corn and soybeans near Polk City. “We had a very warm February and got started kind [Read More…]

An atmospheric scientist says the state that leads the country in fruit and vegetable production has recovered from drought but has a different threat to this year’s crops. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions tells [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol stocks have fallen for five weeks in a row. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the domestic ethanol supply dropped to an 18-week low at 24.2 million barrels, a decrease of 1.288 million [Read More…]

The president of a state farm bureau organization says a new five-year farm bill would give farmers and ranchers some much-needed certainty. Nebraska’s Mark McHargue says lawmakers need to boost farm safety net programs. “Crop [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly steady to higher Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was unchanged at $0.3825.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.1150 at $1.9525.  One sale was recorded [Read More…]

Developing long-term demand for soybeans doesn’t happen overnight.  In this Checkoff Chat, Philip Good, a Mississippi soybean farmer and United Soybean Board Secretary, talks about the efforts that go into building demand and how that [Read More…]

The cattle market has pulled back from its recent highs.  University of Missouri livestock economist Scott Brown says the cattle market has turned sideways. “I’m not sure we’re done with record cattle prices,” he says.  [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across most of the South, East, and lower Midwest, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in Maine, peninsular Florida, and [Read More…]

Tart cherry production was down in the United States last year.  Overall, 41 million fewer pounds were produced in 2023, with just 200.2 million pounds grown.  USDA says there was about one-thousand fewer acres in [Read More…]

Farmers are encouraged to proactively manage high interest rates. Barry Benson, VP of Agribusiness banking at Omaha-based FNBO, says persistent inflation is preventing the Federal Reserve from lowering rates, meaning ag producers will continue incurring [Read More…]

The evolution of agriculture has also led to advancements in the ag lending industry. Aaron Johnson, president and CEO of Farm Credit Illinois, tells Brownfield a lot’s changed over his 40-year career. “Back in the [Read More…]

Rainy weather is keeping planters out of Wisconsin fields. Mark Hoffmann raises corn and soybeans near Whitewater, in the southeastern part of the state.  He tells Brownfield he was able to plant some soybeans Monday, [Read More…]

A Michigan farmer says he’s still dealing with the repercussions of a wet harvest season. Scott Wilson tells Brownfield he couldn’t plant winter wheat last fall, so corn is going into most of those fields. [Read More…]

A rural sociologist says community support during the planting season can help prevent farm accidents. Dr. Florence Becot with Penn State University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program tells Brownfield working long days to get crops in [Read More…]

An artificial intelligence chatbot is being tested by Extension programs throughout the country. Oklahoma State University Agriculture Dean Jayson Lusk tells Brownfield the online tool has been trained using Extension factsheets developed by land-grant universities. [Read More…]

A number of urban high school students from Freeport, Illinois are getting hands-on with agriculture thanks to an Illinois corn checkoff effort. In this Managing for Profit, Highland Community College Ag Instructor Justin Ebert tells [Read More…]

Soybean oil is one of the most versatile natural oils and can be used in a rapidly growing list of new applications. On this week’s episode of Seeds of Success, an Iowa Soybean Association director [Read More…]

An agronomist says exceptionally dry winters can lead to higher cases of herbicide carryover in the spring.  Jason Mefford, who’s based in west central Missouri with AgriGold, tells Brownfield… “That’s a pretty big concern.”  He [Read More…]

In this week’s Managing Mental Health, a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News, Osceola, Missouri FFA members Bailey Wheeler and Claire Salmon say talking about suicide and mental health [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures across much of the South, East, and lower Midwest, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in southern Florida and areas northwest of [Read More…]