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Remote sensing technology is allowing farmers to track bees within the hive and during pollination to improve yields. BeeHero CEO & Co-founder Omer Davidi tells Brownfield the Pollination Insight Platform follows managed honeybee and wild [Read More…]

An eastern Illinois specialty grower says it’s been a productive summer. John Williams, manager of Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana, says the rainy July has been a mixed bag. “Definitely put us a little behind [Read More…]

Biofuel groups are disappointed by a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision to vacate most of EPA’s 2022 denials of small refinery exemption requests. Growth Energy general counsel Joe Kakesh says some of the petitions [Read More…]

The state of Michigan is supporting efforts to address an overpopulation of deer. Michigan Farm Bureau Legislative Counsel Andrew Vermeesch tells Brownfield there are less than a half of million hunters in the state today, [Read More…]

A recent report shows China’s drop in dairy imports is because they have rapidly become more self-sufficient. Mary Ledman with RaboResearch tells Brownfield China took steps around four years ago to increase stocks of milk [Read More…]

A south-central Kansas farmer says a lack of moisture has caused his dryland crops to struggle. Rick Schlender tells Brownfield.. “The better soils aren’t looking too bad, but the lighter soils, even a week ago [Read More…]

Farmers trying to control weeds through a wet first half of the growing season have faced several dilemmas. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says weed emergence and growth have been unpredictable. “Giant [Read More…]

A crop protection specialist says tar spot is one of his biggest concerns for the rest of the growing season. Dan Waldstein, technical marketing manager with BASF, says reports of the disease have been variable [Read More…]

Missouri’s crop conditions stayed the same or moved slightly lower in the last week with help from below normal temperatures and some rain. USDA says the state’s corn condition is rated 78% good to excellent [Read More…]

A University of Illinois Extension specialist says the “Farm of the Future” is becoming reality at the U of I’s Urbana campus. Dennis Bowman tells Brownfield the USDA funded I-FARM (Illinois Farming and Regenerative Management) [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was unchanged since Friday at $0.57.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 at $1.95.   One sale was recorded [Read More…]

During this summer’s World Pork Expo, National Pork Board assistant vice president for consumer marketing Jose DeJesus called Hispanic consumers a key demographic for pork. He tells Brownfield a lot of NPB’s marketing efforts are [Read More…]

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Wet and windy weather has made herbicide applications difficult for farmers like Nathan Collins in southwest Minnesota. “There’s challenges with that no doubt, because you want to get in (to spray) at an appropriate time [Read More…]

The president of Wyffels Hybrids says he’s encouraged about seed production prospects this year. John Wyffels tells Brownfield… “July is always one of the most critical times of year from a pollination perspective.”  He says,” [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Ag Road Improvement Program dollars are now going to local governments to repair or upgrade local road with weight restrictions. The bipartisan law authored by Representative Travis Tranel and Senator Howard Marklein allowed towns [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed watching direct business, feeders were up on the lower move in corn.  August live cattle closed $.32 lower at $188.57 and October live cattle closed $.05 [Read More…]

USDA says there’s less cheese in cold storage. Natural cheese stocks as of June 30th were down 1% from May and 6% below June of 2023.  American style cheeses in storage totaled 804.8 million pounds [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Medium-range forecasts continue to look hot and dry for most of the region, potentially stressing beans, especially if the conditions persist into mid-August, as expected. August [Read More…]

Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed incentives in the state’s budget to expand E-15 adoption. Executive director of the Michigan Corn Growers Association Jim Zook tells Brownfield farmers are extremely disappointed. “This was minor help [Read More…]