Ag News

Livestock disease threats have the attention of the Minnesota House Agriculture Policy and Finance Committee. Chair Samantha Vang says highly pathogenic avian influenza and African swine fever were discussed during a recent hearing. “We have [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were lower on follow through selling, with most months down sharply, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct cash cattle business. Feeders had additional pressure from the [Read More…]

The National Association of Wheat Growers has prioritized an increase in reference prices for the Price Loss Coverage program, but CEO Chandler Goule says the farm bill needs a bigger baseline to make that happen. [Read More…]

John Deere go-to-market manager for digital products Ryan Stien says there are several ways farmers can get support for JDLink. He tells Brownfield remote display access, expert alerts, and partnering with local dealers all help [Read More…]

U.S. dairy exports started the new year strong.  The U.S. Dairy Export Council says January shipments were 16% higher than January of last year on a milk solids equivalent basis and 21% higher than December. [Read More…]

Wisconsin is a little closer to knowing who the next Alice in Dairyland will be.  The selection process for the 76th Alice is taking place in Walworth County, and Friday morning March 10th, the field [Read More…]

The National Milk Producers Federation is moving forward with milk pricing recommendations. Jim Mulhern President and CEO Jim Mulhern tells Brownfield their plan should meet Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack’s requirement of getting industry consensus before [Read More…]

The president of the South Dakota Soybean Association says foreign ag land ownership has the attention of the nation’s soybean growers. Jordan Scott says soybean growers want a federal solution to address foreign ag land [Read More…]

Data gathered by NASA shows that weather extremes will worsen over the next decade. NASA Director of Earth Science Karen St. Germain says there’s more energy being trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere changing water cycles [Read More…]

The U.S. House has voted to block the Biden administration’s Waters of the U.S. Rule. House Joint Resolution #27 passed Thursday by a vote of 227 to 198, with nine members not voting.  The bill [Read More…]

The chair of the Minnesota House Agriculture Policy and Finance Committee has introduced a bill to extend the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit. Democrat Samantha Vang says the legislation also makes family members eligible, increases the [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were lower with boxed beef down at midday, getting ready for the week’s widespread direct business. Fund liquidation and bearish weekly beef sales were also factors. April live [Read More…]

May corn closed at $6.11 and 1/2, down 14 centsMay soybeans closed at $15.10 and 3/4, down 7 centsMay soybean meal closed at $486.90, up $1.20May soybean oil closed at 57.06, down 202 pointsMay wheat [Read More…]

John Nergenah. Photo Credit: Locus AG A west central Illinois farmer says enrolling in a carbon market program can help show the benefits of regenerative practices. John Nergenah tells Brownfield they have been 100% no-till [Read More…]

The USDA is investing more than $43 million toward meat and poultry processing research, expansion and innovation. The funding is through the American Rescue Plan and the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative in an effort [Read More…]

Milk futures and cash dairy prices were higher Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. March Class III milk was up $0.08 at $17.76.  April was up $0.24 at $17.75.  May was up $0.24 at $17.99.  [Read More…]

The USDA says beef and soybean export sales fell to marketing year lows during the week ending March 2nd. Beef was significantly lower than average following small cancellations by several key customers, while soybeans had [Read More…]

Adjustments to crop insurance are being discussed among soybean farmers ahead of the American Soybean Association’s policy session on Saturday. Wisconsin Soybean Association President Sara Stetler tells Brownfield soybean farmers in northern states would like [Read More…]

Adjustments to crop insurance are being discussed among soybean farmers ahead of the American Soybean Association’s policy session on Saturday. Wisconsin Soybean Association President Sara Stetler tells Brownfield soybean farmers in northern states would like [Read More…]

The outlook for Argentina’s crop production continues to worsen. Analyst Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net says USDA revised soybean projections from 41 million tons to 33 million in Wednesday’s supply and demand report. “Which is just [Read More…]