Ag News
AFT works to increase cover crops on rented lands
Photo courtesy Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship It’s estimated that 40 percent of Midwest farmland is rented or leased—and that’s been a barrier to increased planting of cover crops, according to Brian Brandt [Read More…]
Illinois Farm Bureau: Keeping trade a priority through the election year
President Trump has his signature on trade deals with China, Japan, Canada and Mexico, so where does trade go from here? Illinois Farm Bureau national policy director Adam Nielson says although major trade negotiations have [Read More…]
CME milk futures higher, spot market mixed, GDT index falls
Milk futures were mostly up, and cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. February Class III milk was down $.01 at $16.98. March was unchanged at $17.01. April was up $.10 [Read More…]
Ohio Master Farmer Awards at the Ohio Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground in Ada, Ohio on March 3, 2020 for the Ohio Master Farmer Awards at the Ohio Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference. Continue reading Ohio Master Farmer [Read More…]
DFA will purchase Dean Foods assets
Dairy Farmers of America has announced it plans to acquire Dean Foods processing facilities, direct delivery system, and additional assets for $425 million. DFA president and CEO Rick Smith says it’s important to ensure continued [Read More…]
Organic weed control with propane
Organic farmers have an uphill battle with weeds. The few chemicals available are very expensive and labor-intensive mechanical weed control is also cost-prohibitive. Mechanical engineering professor George Gogos at the University of Nebraska has developed [Read More…]
Corps of Engineers’ plan includes deepening river channel
Tom Steever spoke to Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, who says the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to deepen the lower Mississippi River channel is welcome news for soybean growers. The [Read More…]
What to do with those prevent plant acres
Following a record 20 million prevented plant acres across the U.S. in 2019, an unprecedented number of farmers are trying to put together a plan for those fields outside their normal rotation. WinField United agronomist [Read More…]
Bayer/Monsanto to appeal dicamba verdict – says soil root rot cause of damages
A federal jury has awarded a southeast Missouri peach grower 15 million dollars in compensatory damages and 250 Million in punitive damages in its dicamba drift case against Monsanto and BASF. The trial concluded Saturday [Read More…]
Jury awards $265 Million in dicamba peach case
A federal jury in Cape Girardeau, Missouri has awarded a southeast Missouri peach grower 15 million dollars in compensatory damages and 250 Million in punitive damages in its dicamba drift case against Bayer and BASF. [Read More…]
Jury awards peach farmer $15 Million in dicamba case
A federal jury in St. Louis has ruled in favor of a southeast Missouri peach grower who sued dicamba makers Bayer and BASF for drift damage. The jury has awarded Bill Bader of Bader Farms [Read More…]
South Dakota House passes hemp bill
The South Dakota House this week passed a bill approving industrial hemp and the measure now goes to the state Senate. But, the bill does not have one of the four guardrails that Governor Noem [Read More…]
Soybeans down, still up on week
Soybeans are lower on profit taking and technical selling, put still posting week to week gains. China’s tariff cuts went into effect Friday, the 30-day implementation period for Phase One ends Saturday, and expectations are [Read More…]
Cattle futures higher on follow-through buying
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day higher on follow-through buying and stronger wholesale values during the session. Feeder cattle were higher on the same factors with support from the day’s lower [Read More…]
Bayer says new herbicide years away
Bayer CropScience says it’s excited about its newly identified herbicide molecule but it is years away from commercialization. Bayer spokesman Darren Wallis tells Brownfield that the molecule discovery is in the very early stages but [Read More…]
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association focuses on creating a climate for change
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association is focusing on resiliency, challenges created by extreme weather events, and the role farmers can play in addressing climate change. A Climate for Change is the theme of [Read More…]
Continued low commodity prices and no more trade aid a frightening prospect
The prospect of continued low commodity prices and no more trade aid concerns many in agriculture. Rod Hebrink, CEO of Farm Credit cooperative Compeer Financial, says MFP payments the past two years have made a [Read More…]
Cold wave covers the Corn Belt, moderation to the west
Across the Corn Belt, frigid weather prevails. Friday morning’s low temperatures fell to 0° or below as far south as central Missouri and plunged below -20° in portions of the upper Great Lakes region. Across [Read More…]
Operation Weed Eradication Radio Road Show 2/14/20
In this Operation Weed Eradication Radio Road Show, Darren Unland, Technical Marketing Manager with BASF says to eradicate pigweed, it’s important to understand its biology. Pigweeds are dioecious, meaning they have male and female plants. [Read More…]
Ketchem: Sow mortality issues tied partly to labor
A swine ‘information solutions’ company sees increasing sow mortality in farrowing houses tied partly to ag labor issues. Ron Ketchem with Swine Management Services of Fremont, Nebraska says there’s a high turnover of labor and [Read More…]