Ag News

Animal health company Medgene is studying the Asian long-horned tick and the possibility of developing vaccines for the diseases it can carry. Medgene founder and researcher Dr. Alan Young tells Brownfield they received a grant [Read More…]

A leader with the University of Nebraska says he’s still optimistic about USDA’s precision ag research facility despite disagreements over its funding. Mike Boehm, vice chancellor with the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, tells [Read More…]

Three men have pleaded guilty to charges for stealing frozen meat across several Midwestern states that totaled $9 million in losses. Investigators say the men conducted a sophisticated, organized criminal enterprise in 2022 that consisted [Read More…]

Farmers are encouraged to scout for pests. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Meaghan Anderson says early planted soybeans are vulnerable to insects like bean leaf beetles. “And then we certainly have our fair share of [Read More…]

The chair of the House Ag Committee is asking USDA officials about new conservation program problems. Glenn GT Thompson told a subcommittee hearing Tuesday the SUSTAINS Act, which created public-private partnerships for USDA to fund [Read More…]

The CEO of the largest agriculture cooperative in the United States says he optimistic about renewable diesel demand from California’s low carbon fuel standard and what that means for U.S. agriculture. Soybean oil can be [Read More…]

Moisture has gone from too much to not enough in parts of west-central Minnesota. Kandiyohi County farmer Noah Hultgren says fieldwork started later than normal. “Dealing with spring snow and moisture, although now we haven’t [Read More…]

A long-time no-till farming leader has died. Ohio farmer Dave Brandt of Fairfield County, 76, passed away from complications related to a car crash over the weekend. Retired Ohio State University faculty member Randall Reeder [Read More…]

Tar spot is expected to be a problem in areas where corn farmers have seen the pathogen in the past. Mark Storr with BASF says crop diseases are hard to get rid of. “Once the [Read More…]

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House would give farmers some relief on labor costs this year. Co-sponsor Representative Dan Kildee of Michigan tells Brownfield the Farm Operations Support Act would maintain 2022 wage [Read More…]

A Minnesota Congressman is concerned that USDA’s conservation programs might be encouraging farmers to idle prime productive farmland. Minnesota Representative Brad Finstad is a farmer and former USDA State Rural Development Director.  He commented during [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower ahead of the week’s direct cash business.  Feeders had additional pressure from the higher move in corn.  June live cattle closed [Read More…]

Jul. corn closed at $5.77 and 1/2, up 6 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.22 and 1/2, down 18 and 3/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $406.40, down $5.80Jul. soybean oil closed at 47.76, down [Read More…]

This week Illinois Soybean Association Communications Manager Claire Weinzierl highlights the benefits of biodiesel for farmers, fleets, fuel retailers and drivers and opportunities for everyone to expand use of the fuel. She also explains how [Read More…]

(Photo L-R: Tammy-Vaasen from-Wisconsin Beef Council, Philip Schmidt from Hahns Meat Packing, Jeff Swenson from Wisconsin Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection) A Wisconsin meat processor says bringing foreign buyers to shops like his [Read More…]

The mostly sunny weather has many Wisconsin farmers planting their corn and soybeans this week. Ben Augustine One of the farmers making good progress is Ben Augustine, who farms near Sheldon in northwestern Wisconsin.  He [Read More…]

Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow says it would be a disaster for the ag industry if the U.S. were to default on its debt. “Every farmer is operating with loans, interest rates would skyrocket, [Read More…]

Dave Devore with Siemer Milling tells Brownfield the first field of the day was impressive. “If this field is any indication of what we’re going to see the rest of the day, we’re going to [Read More…]

Did you know that investing soybean checkoff dollars helps to improve global demand for US meat products around the globe brings added value to Ohio’s soybean farmers? In this Voice of Soy, Ohio Soybean Council’s [Read More…]

In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, Missouri Corn Growers Association’s Jacob Knaebel recaps the Missouri state legislative session and explains the importance of grassroots efforts. …