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All eyes shifted to the U.S. Senate after the House passed its farm bill last week. Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman says the Senate has different rules for its farm bill process. “Because of [Read More…]

A Minnesota farmer is sounding the alarm on escalating farm stress. Bob Worth of Lake Benton suggests a mental health crisis is occurring in agriculture. “It is extremely serious.” He tells Brownfield financial pressures, policy [Read More…]

A Wisconsin farmer is glad he took early action to save money on fuel. Zeb Zuehls grows corn, soybeans, and hay in South Central Wisconsin near Montello. Zuehls tells Brownfield he secured his fuel as [Read More…]

Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts says a new food labeling bill in the U.S. Senate would create much needed transparency in the marketplace. He says the FAIR Labels Act distinguishes between products raised by livestock producers [Read More…]

Spring planting is making progress in South Dakota. In the weekly crop progress report form USDA, winter wheat is reported six percent headed, ahead of the average, with 33 percent of the winter wheat rated [Read More…]

Spring planting has been a tale of uneven conditions in Missouri, but two farmers say the crops are holding up. In the Missouri Bootheel, Ryan Wilson has been planting corn, soybeans and rice into extremely [Read More…]

A sixth-generation farmer says it’s finally getting dry enough to start planting. Janna Fritz tells Brownfield, “It finally might have dried off for us.” “We were getting upwards of 2 1/2, 3 inches on a [Read More…]

Planting activity is picking up in south-central Wisconsin. Zeb Zuehls tells Brownfield that field conditions were good when he did some custom planting for a neighbor over the weekend. “It was fine. It was perfect. [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying. Crush margins are solid, which supported products, and there’s optimism about an expected trade meeting with China late this month. If the meeting happens, it could [Read More…]

An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says last week’s cool, wet weather slowed down planting progress in his area. Ryan Gentle, who covers the western half of Illinois, tells Brownfield, “I’ve got corn down by [Read More…]

Minnesota farmers have taken advantage of dry weather this spring. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says corn is 42 percent planted, well ahead of the five-year average of 33 percent. Soybean planting is 27 percent [Read More…]

U.S. Congressman Don Bacon says persistent opposition is standing in the way of year-round E15 legislation. “We have some Republicans who hate E15 for the wrong reasons,” he said. “They think we’re trying to force [Read More…]

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says agriculture is still expected to play a role in discussions between the U.S. and China when the countries meet this month. Ben Brown tells Brownfield “Maybe [Read More…]

The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council is investing in the next generation of Missouri agriculture, sponsoring proficiency awards at the Missouri State FFA Convention. Missouri Soybean’s Director of Communications Samantha Turner has more details. The post [Read More…]

Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist, Scott Pringnitz, says farmers have access to 1,700 qualified tank-mix partners to use with Enlist One herbicide to get maximum results for their unique needs. He tells Brownfield there are [Read More…]

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says planting progress has been uneven across Missouri this spring. Ben Brown tells Brownfield, “We’ve seen quite a bit of field activity in the southern half of [Read More…]

Ag Meteorologist Drew Lerner says he’s expecting short and inconsistent planting windows throughout May in the Midwest. “It is going to be one of those situations, certainly in the central part of the Midwest, where [Read More…]

Two farmers in northeast Arkansas say the recent rains have been a welcome sight for the spring crops. Kenny Clark in Jackson County says several inches of rain means he won’t need to flush his [Read More…]

The pork industry is closely monitoring a recent detection of pseudorabies virus in some Iowa and Texas swine herds. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says five boars at a central Iowa commercial site tested positive [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says there were many twists and turns on the way to passing the farm bill. Minnesota Republican Brad Finstad tells Brownfield negotiations in the days leading up [Read More…]