Ag News

Some Wisconsin legislators want to create new regulations and licensing requirements for agricultural tourism facilities such as wedding barns. Assembly Bill 304 includes language that would require most wedding barn and event venues to have [Read More…]

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would support seed and animal breeding research tailored to different regions of the U.S. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin says the Seeds and Breeds for the Future [Read More…]

The House Appropriations Committee has approved an ag spending bill for Fiscal Year 2024 and it will now be considered by the full House. The $25.3 billion bill invests in programs at the USDA and [Read More…]

South Dakota’s state climatologist says timely rains in the last week have improved dry conditions in the west while eastern South Dakota is missing out on rains and getting drier. Laura Edwards with South Dakota [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will cover the Indiana FFA State Convention June 21-22, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. …     

Mid-Missouri farmers say crops are variable as the drought continues. In Audrain County, Jay Schutte tells Brownfield he thinks the 1 inch of rain from the weekend will be helpful to the corn and soybeans [Read More…]

A tentative agreement has been reached to end 13 months of labor talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, easing concerns about supply chain disruptions. Dan Halstrom, president and [Read More…]

The legislation that would fund Wisconsin’s transportation projects including the one-time 150-million-dollar Agricultural Road Improvement Program awaits the Governor’s signature.  State Senator and Joint Finance Committee co-chair Howard Marklein authored the ag roads bill. “The [Read More…]

One of the jobs of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is to make sure products that are labeled with certain animal-raising claims are actually raised in that manner.  Sandra Eskin, undersecretary for USDA’s [Read More…]

Illinois Association FFA has announced their 2023 Stars over Illinois. The 2023 Illinois FFA Star Farmer is Cole Paulek of the Taylorville FFA Chapter. He tells Brownfield his diversified supervised agriculture experience has prepared him [Read More…]

An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says weed management could be a problem for a few rice fields this year. Justin Chlapecka tells Brownfield pre-emergence herbicides weren’t activated due to a lack of [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner and Madelyn Heinecke-Thompson, Precision Agronomist with Advanced Agrilytics, dive into crop protection tools and fungicides for the 2023 growing season. Click here to learn more about Advanced Agrilytics. …     

From groceries to fuel, inflation has made everything more expensive.  But how much is it changing consumer consumption? David Widmar is an ag economist with Agricultural Economic Insights. AUDIO: Healthy Living on protein consumption … [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of widespread direct trade. August live cattle closed $2.95 lower at $170.97 and October lives closed $2.90 lower at $174.12.  August feeders closed [Read More…]

Jul. corn closed at $6.07 and 3/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.88 and 1/4, down 11 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $389.70, down $7.80Jul. soybean oil closed at 55.96, up 53 pointsJul. [Read More…]

An Illinois cattleman is considering utilizing electronic identification tags for his herd. Newly elected Illinois Beef Association President Dave Duzan of McLean County tells Brownfield many producers who don’t use EID tags are concerned about [Read More…]

Agriculture groups are asking the House Committee on Appropriations to remove a policy rider from Fiscal Year 2024 ag budget that would impact the Packers and Stockyards Act. In a letter to lawmakers, more than [Read More…]

The Illinois Conservation Management Program has released new data highlighting conservation efforts by more than 400 farmers in the state. Laura Gentry with the Illinois Corn Growers Association tells Brownfield the Business Case for Conservation [Read More…]

The USDA has projected domestic beef consumption to decline for both 2023 and 2024.  David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights says that could spell trouble for the cattle industry and the overall farm economy.  “We [Read More…]

Some Wisconsin FFA members are learning mechanical skills by restoring old tractors. Advisor Matt Reinders has been the agricultural instructor at Edgar for the past nine years and taught at Loyal for nine years before [Read More…]