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Nebraska’s Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) is receiving $307 million in federal funds to tackle climate pollution. The funds are the largest amount ever awarded to the state from the Environmental Protection Agency. NDEE [Read More…]

Exploring the possibilities of using artificial intelligence in agriculture. That’s a topic discussed Monday at the International Conference on Precision Agriculture, in Manhattan, Kansas. Ohio State University professor Scott Shearer says AI is still in its [Read More…]

Conditions for some South Dakota crops are improving slightly, but progress continues to lag behind the five-year average for the state. Soybean conditions are rated 70% good to excellent. USDA says 3% of the state’s [Read More…]

Minnesota’s crop conditions took a slight dip or stayed consistent in the last week with most of the crops behind average progress for this time of the year. USDA says 20% of Minnesota’s soybeans are [Read More…]

A new study has found no-till systems take about 13 years to payoff. Michigan State University’s Christine Charles tells Brownfield research at the Kellogg Biological Station has been comparing conventional and no-till systems for the [Read More…]

Sep. corn closed at $3.91 and 1/4, down 6 and 3/4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.98 and 1/2, up 1 and 1/4 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $337.20, down $1.90Aug. soybean oil closed at 46.45, [Read More…]

A veterinarian says outbreaks of avian influenza in dairy herds are a reminder for all cattle producers to examine their biosecurity plans. Dr. Joe Gillespie, senior professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, says start with [Read More…]

A plant pathologist is encouraging farmers to leave a check strip in fields receiving fungicide applications. Marty Chilvers is with Michigan State University. “If you don’t leave a check strip, you have no idea what [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, bouncing off the recent contract low. Weather looks favorable in most of the region, but the big month for soybean development is August. For now, [Read More…]

Michigan farms could soon receive climate smart verifications as part of a new USDA pilot project. Megan Phillips Goldenberg with the Michigan Climate Smart Farm Project tells Brownfield a $4.7 million Climate Smart Commodities Grant [Read More…]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting the first cases highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry workers since 2022. Officials say at least five people in Colorado have tested positive for the virus [Read More…]

A senior science fellow with Nutrien Ag Solutions says the Midwest is officially recovering from a derecho. Eric Snodgrass tells Brownfield… “We use that term derecho when we’re talking about a storm system that produces [Read More…]

Farmers concerned about a wet harvest are assured there’s an ample supply of propane for drying grain. CHS chief financial officer Olivia Nelligan says the cooperative is closely tracking demand. “So we understand what we’re [Read More…]

An extension pathologist says tar spot continues to spread across Indiana. Darcy Telenko with Purdue University says it was recently confirmed in the eastern part of the state.  “If you had tar slot in your [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley is generating showers and thunderstorms.  However, mild, dry air has overspread most of the Corn Belt, resulting in nearly ideal conditions for corn and [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the central and eastern U.S., while hotter-than-normal weather will cover Florida’s peninsula and a broad area [Read More…]

Arlan Suderman, the chief commodities economist with StoneX Group, says farmers must be disciplined in their marketing plans, especially if there’s still old crop left in the grain bin to sell. The post Be disciplined [Read More…]

Some farmers are finding retrofitting machinery a viable option in the current economy.               Central Illinois farmer Chris Stoller says they’ve retrofitted most of their machinery. “There’s not one piece of equipment that’s on our farm [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were higher, feeders were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct business and Friday’s On Feed numbers. August lives closed $.55 higher at $182.67 and October lives closed [Read More…]

A Michigan farmer says he’s thankful he finished wheat harvest by the Fourth of July and beat the rains. John Burk tells Brownfield any wheat left in fields near him is quickly eroding. “We had [Read More…]