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Wisconsin’s Ag Secretary says he’s optimistic that a funding solution can be found to support animal health and inspection programs under rules ATCP-10 and ATCP-12. Ag Secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield with the proposed fees [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Ag Secretary says he’s optimistic that a funding solution can be found to support animal health and inspection programs under rules ATCP-10 and ATCP-12. Ag Secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield with the proposed fees [Read More…]

Dairy farmers have expressed concerns about the new and much higher make allowance deductions from milk checks that resulted from the USDA’s federal milk marketing order hearing, but an economist says some good news might [Read More…]

Dairy farmers have expressed concerns about the new and much higher make allowance deductions from milk checks that resulted from the USDA’s federal milk marketing order hearing, but an economist says some good news might [Read More…]

An agricultural economist with Advance Trading says Friday’s release of the USDA’s November supply and demand report is likely to lead to volatility in the market. Brian Basting says a lot has happened since the [Read More…]

An agricultural economist with Advance Trading says Friday’s release of the USDA’s November supply and demand report is likely to lead to volatility in the market. Brian Basting says a lot has happened since the [Read More…]

Congress would have a very narrow window to pass nationwide E15 legislation this year if the government shutdown ends soon. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper says he remains optimistic. “Now that it looks like [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. The trade’s getting ready for Friday’s USDA numbers, expecting cuts to soybean yield and production. The market seems to have dialed in a fairly conservative report, [Read More…]

A pair of Illinois hemp growers say legislation included in the Senate bill to reopen the federal government would erase a multi-billion-dollar industry. “If they sign that bill into law, they’ll have outlawed everything in [Read More…]

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reporting several additional cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The state says three commercial flocks in Ottawa County have been confirmed with the virus, bringing the [Read More…]

An associate attorney at Ag and Business Legal Strategies says it’s never too early to take the first step in the succession planning process. Austin Peiffer says communication is key.  “Those conservations are hard, and they can be uncomfortable, but it’s worse when they [Read More…]

An ag economist says it will be January before more details are known about what’s happening with the U.S. cattle herd. The size of the U.S. cattle herd remains at its lowest point in 75 [Read More…]

An ag economist says the use of cover crops has increased over the past five years.  Michael Langemeier says data from the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer says adoption has grown five percent since [Read More…]

A Wisconsin Congressman says the spending bill he and other House members will vote on has no major changes and could have been passed in September.  Republican Derrick Van Orden represents the Third Congressional District. [Read More…]

The CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) says many Chinese importers are excited to resume buying U.S. soybeans. Jim Sutter, who was in China right after the announcement of the multi-year trade framework, [Read More…]

Southern rust came as an unwelcome surprise to many corn growers in the Upper Midwest this year. University of Minnesota Extension agronomist Jeff Coulter says the disease was unexpected. “We don’t see that in such [Read More…]

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The cattle market has seen big swings in recent weeks, making it even more important for producers to protect their investments. Jackie Moore the owner of the Joplin Regional Stockyards in Missouri, one of the [Read More…]

The chairman of the National Hemp Association says legislation included in the agriculture funding bill passed this week by the U.S. Senate rewrites the 2018 farm bill’s provision on hemp. Geoff Whaling says the measure [Read More…]