Ag News

The Impossible Whopper reportedly didn’t lift Burger King’s fourth quarter same-store sales as high as Wall Street estimates. A report from CNBC says analysts expected Burger King’s same-store sales growth to be 3.1 percent. Sales [Read More…]

Trade deal advancements have been positive for the pork industry but current price levels, not so much. Don Nikodim is executive director of the Missouri Pork Association. He tells Brownfield Ag News, “The Japan trade [Read More…]

The Missouri Farm Bureau is pleased with State Senate passage of SJR 38 that puts the drawing of state legislative maps in the hands of independent, bipartisan House and Senate commissions. That’s a change to [Read More…]

Soybeans were steady to fractionally higher, climbing back from modest losses late in the session. The USDA lowered domestic 2019/20 ending stocks, expecting better export demand, but also lowered the price outlook for the current [Read More…]

The Soy Transportation Coalition’s Executive Director says the 2020 Army Corps of Engineers’ work plan is very welcome news for soybean farmers because it includes making the lower Mississippi River channel deeper. Mike Steenhoek tells [Read More…]

The USDA left its milk production forecast for this year unchanged while prices were mainly lowered. In its February supply and demand report, USDA forecast 2020 cheese and butter prices lower on relatively weak demand.  [Read More…]

The National Farmers Organization is promoting a plan to help keep small dairy farms in business. NFO director of dairy sales Dick Bylsma says the Dairy Farmers Structured Management Program would use the federal marketing [Read More…]

The USDA has raised its’ outlook for U.S. rice ending stocks, while leaving cotton unchanged on the month. Rice ending stocks are now seen at 30 million hundredweight, up 1.4 million on the month, with [Read More…]

Missouri vintner Andrew Meggitt worries what a springtime freeze will do to his grape production. “Frost damages buds, buds damaged fruit yield and fruit yield damages profitability,” Meggitt told Brownfield Ag News. Meggitt, vice-president of [Read More…]

Whether you favor them or not, cell phones- especially smart phones are a part of our world personally and professionally and the countless applications available can be used for cheap and easily accessible information to [Read More…]

Biodiesel production has grown significantly since the industry began with help from the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council. At the recent National Biodiesel Conference, National Biodiesel Board CEO Donnell Rehagen gave an enthusiastic look forward and [Read More…]

A market analyst and broker says the fourth-quarter strength in the dairy market was largely a domestic markets issue.  Mike North from Commodity Risk Management Group and Vault Ag tells Brownfield the market influences leading [Read More…]

Are you considering adding more pork to your protein rotation at mealtime? Pork is versatile and can be part of a healthy diet. Jeanette Merritt, a leader with the Indiana Pork Producers Association, says a [Read More…]

The co-founder of the South-central Wisconsin Hemp Producers Cooperative sees two major hindrances to growth in the hemp industry. Steven Acheson says the first involves FDA regulations. “This industry kind of boomed in its first [Read More…]

Swine feed prices are subject to uncertainty in 2020. Michael Langemeier with Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture says there are a lot of unknowns right now. For example, what will the 12 Million acres [Read More…]

A junior majoring in ag business and animal industry management at Illinois State University tells Brownfield you can play a role in the ag industry, regardless of your background. Zach Perkins of Millbrook, Illinois says [Read More…]

Many areas of Australia received soaking rains over the weekend and Australian farmers are hoping it signals the end of a years-long drought. Parts of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia saw significant rainfall [Read More…]

During the next several days, two surges of moisture will deliver heavy rain (locally 2 to 5 inches or more) from eastern Texas to the central and southern Appalachians. In areas where rivers are still [Read More…]

USDA will release its new World Agriculture Supply and Demand report Tuesday, but the agency’s acting ag outlook board chair says the signing of the US/ China trade deal won’t have much of an influence. [Read More…]

Fungicides were widely used during the 2019 growing season, and WinField United agronomist Mark Glady says they really proved their value. Despite a myriad of challenges that made it difficult on crops, he points to [Read More…]