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The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says a cattle herd in northern Michigan has been confirmed with bovine tuberculosis. The department says the herd in Iosco County was identified after a cow tested positive [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region into the middle and northern Atlantic States, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail west [Read More…]

An ag real estate appraiser says farmland values are surging in southeastern Wisconsin. David Kluck with Compeer Financial tells Brownfield the market has risen 25 to 35 percent since December. “And that is reflective of [Read More…]

The National 4-H Council’s Ignite initiative is giving members the tools they need to implement change in their communities. Owen Brosanders, this year’s 4-H Youth in Action award winner, developed a sustainability action plan at his [Read More…]

Governors across the Great Lakes region are prioritizing sustainable agriculture and research as part of a new collaboration. Cailyn Andrews is the program manager of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Sustainable Agriculture Initiative. “It is [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Soybeans followed bean and crude oils, while watching U.S. planting and the situation in Iran. Traders are also waiting for next week’s high-level meeting between the [Read More…]

The CEO of the Corn Refiners Association says federal policy must do a better job of supporting market access for ag producers. John Bode says the industry needs data driven and risked-based measures to help [Read More…]

Farmers are asking the U.S. Trade Representative to do no harm to agriculture in ongoing trade negotiations. American Soybean Association’s Dave Walton was one of several ag leaders to testify this week as part of [Read More…]

The president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) says May 6th has been proclaimed Illinois Bacon Day. Katie Brown, who’s a 5th generation hog farmer in Christian County, says the industry was well represented [Read More…]

Every year, during the National AgriMarketing Association (NAMA) Annual Conference, Brownfield Ag News throws a party for our advertising partners and everyone else attending the meeting. Those celebratory gatherings have changed significantly in the past [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is hopeful the Senate Ag Committee will maintain Proposition 12 language in the farm bill. Minnesota Republican Brad Finstad represents the second-largest pork producing congressional district in [Read More…]

A farm management specialist with the University of Illinois says the current economy is restricting cash on hand for many row crop producers. In a recent FarmDoc webinar, Gary Schnitkey says recent government assistance through [Read More…]

An extension crops educator says a cool stretch is slowing alfalfa growth across the Upper Midwest. Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield the first crop is coming along nicely. “It is a [Read More…]

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says lactating dairy cattle no longer have to be tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza before leaving the state. Denise Derrer Spears says the USDA has updated the National Milk [Read More…]

An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says the cool, wet streak of weather could pose some challenges. Ryan Gentle, who covers the western half of Illinois, tells Brownfield, “This cooler weather, if you’ve got seed [Read More…]

Farmers are struggling to see the return of precision ag technology. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University’s Chad Fiechter says a new study shows the cost often outweighs the benefits. The post [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the middle and upper Mississippi Valley to the middle and northern Atlantic States. Warmer-than-normal weather will span the Deep South, [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on technical buying and solid beef demand. June live cattle closed $1.47 higher at $253.22 and August live cattle closed $2.17 higher at [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling, along with the drop in crude oil. Contracts are overbought and U.S. planting and emergence remain ahead of average. That’s not to say that there aren’t [Read More…]

Conservation research at Michigan State University is helping to understand what management practices are needed to handle wetter springs. Director of MSU’s Long-Term Agroecosystem Project Phil Robertson tells Brownfield, “Unlike elsewhere, we’re not getting less precipitation.”  “We’re getting [Read More…]