Ag News

It was a mostly dry week for Arkansas farmers, with almost no rainfall but most crops are doing well. Twenty-seven percent of the corn is in excellent condition, with 52% in good and 17% in [Read More…]

The USDA says corn is maturing nicely, and soybeans and cotton are steadily progressing, but more rain is needed. Crop conditions have improved across the board, but concerns remain about yield outlook and prices headed [Read More…]

There’s a lot of variability in crop condition and development across Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai tells Brownfield recent rainfall patterns could make it even more pronounced. “Southern Minnesota and southwestern [Read More…]

Kentucky had below-normal precipitation and temperatures last week. The state’s corn crop condition declined to 65 percent good to excellent.  Ninety-three percent of the crop is silking, 61 percent is in the dough stage and [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s crops are improving with the favorable weather. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says rain early last week stalled some field work, especially in central Wisconsin, but hay, small grain, and potato harvesting continued. Eighty-four percent [Read More…]

USDA says more than three quarters of Missouri’s corn and soybean crop remain in good to excellent condition. As of Sunday, Missouri’s corn condition is rated 81% good to excellent, a 4% improvement over last [Read More…]

In South Dakota, USDA says all crop condition ratings improved the first week of August. Corn is rated 73% good to excellent with 5% of the corn dented, in-line with the average. Soybeans are now [Read More…]

The director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says a $2 million grant to help the state’s food banks will address food insecurity. Don Lamb says this is just the first step. “Giving that [Read More…]

The USDA sees bigger cotton and rice crops in 2024 than 2023. Upland cotton production is projected at 14.555 million bales, an increase of 24% on the year with a decline in average yield to [Read More…]

The implementation of the PQA Plus – a producer education and certification program designed by the U.S. pork industry to help pig farmers continually improve production practices has helped reduce the risk of food safety [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly higher Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was unchanged at $0.5625.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0425 at $2.00.   Two sales were recorded at [Read More…]

The president of Missouri Farm Bureau says he’s not losing optimism for a 2024 farm bill, but Garrett Hawkins says he’s expecting a farm bill to be down to the wire again. “We know we [Read More…]

Jaiden Mahler of Kendall County took the top spot in the 24th Annual Master Showmanship Contest at the Illinois State Fair.   The contest, held Friday, tests 4-H members showmanship skills in three species, beef, sheep, and [Read More…]

The Missouri Soybean Checkoff funds a lot of the research, including drones, soybean breeding, tillage, and water management. Missouri Soybean’s new Research Director, Blake Barlow, says the research is done in partnership with university specialists [Read More…]

A Midwestern U.S. Senator recently held a roundtable to discuss electric vehicle mandates with stakeholders that included ag and biofuel leaders. Iowa Republican Joni Ernst tells Brownfield last Saturday’s meeting in Dubuque featured representatives from [Read More…]

A question many corn and soybean farmers are asking as harvest nears is “Is the low in?” Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says he’s not confident that it is because of several factors. And he [Read More…]

A Bipartisan bill has been introduced directing the Energy Information Administration to include sustainable aviation fuels in published data sets. U.S Representative Mike Flood (R) of Nebraska joined Louisiana’s Troy Carter (D) Friday in support of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information [Read More…]

A west-central Nebraska farmer says a new water data program is helping farmers get a better understanding of their water usage. Joe Wahlgren, with the Twin Platte Natural Resources District, says the program gathers data [Read More…]

An extension ag economist says commodity prices aren’t expected to get much better before harvest and farmers should have an exit strategy for their old crop. Chad Hart with Iowa State University says some farmers [Read More…]

The National FFA Organization has reached one-million members and some of that growth is coming from Missouri. Jackson Rhine, a vice president from southwest Missouri, tells Brownfield the growth is steady year-over-year. “We’re up over [Read More…]