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A report suggests immigrant physicians could help fill the need for doctors in rural areas if what’s called a Conrad 30 waiver is made permanent. The report, from the Center for American Progress, says immigrants [Read More…]

An official with a precision ag company says there’s been a shift in the ag tech space. Brian Sorbe with Topcon Agriculture tells Brownfield 10 years ago, autosteer was all the rage.  Now that guidance [Read More…]

India has the potential to be the next big export market for the U.S. Scott Sindelar, the CEO of Edgewise Trade Advisors and former agricultural minister-counselor in India, says U.S. exporters have opportunities to expand [Read More…]

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine singed a bill decriminalizing hemp today. Senate Bill 57 paves a way for the development of the state’s new hemp industry. Talking to media today, DeWine said they were able to [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Trade negotiations with China have resumed but there are a lot of questions about just how much progress can be made. While there have been some concessionary [Read More…]

A southwest Minnesota farmer says about a quarter of his corn crop has been damaged by high winds. Brandon Fast of Mountain Lake tells Brownfield corn planted in mid-May was just starting to tassel before [Read More…]

Adam Ornawka One of the breakout sessions at the recent Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit in Des Moines focused on industrial hemp. It featured Adam Ornawka, a farmer from Saskatoon, Canada, who has been growing organic industrial [Read More…]

An Illinois field crop entomologist says overall insect pressure has been minimal so far, but there are some later season pests to watch out for. Nick Seiter with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield Japanese [Read More…]

Here is another in a series of reports on how Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is “Powering Nebraska”. Today, we discuss NPPD’s Community Solar Program with Tim Arlt, general manager of retail for NPPD. Arlt [Read More…]

The first shipment of ETBE made with US corn-based ethanol arrived in Japan last week. Ryan LeGrand, the president and CEO of the U.S. Grains Council, says the arrival of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) made [Read More…]

It’s sweet corn season in many parts of the country – a treat many of us look forward to every summer. Think of sweet corn as human food.  Most of the corn grown in the [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground in California, Missouri on Monday, August 5 for the Moniteau County health board meeting where a CAFO proposal is on the docket. Continue reading Moniteau County health [Read More…]

It’s a big week for trade talks as the US heads back to the table with both China and Japan.   NCBA’s senior vice president for government affairs Collin Woodall says trade deals with China and Japan [Read More…]

Eight percent of Arkansas corn has reached maturity, behind last year and the average. As of Sunday, corn was nearly equal parts fair, good and excellent, with 17 percent poor to very poor. One percent [Read More…]

South Dakota corn is rated 61 percent good to excellent, but development is behind with only 27 percent of the crop silking. That’s 50 percentage points behind normal. Half of South Dakota soybeans are good [Read More…]

Missouri corn silking is at 77 percent, 22 percentage points behind last year. The crop is only 34 percent good to excellent, but it’s slightly better than last week. Soybean blooming is 38 percent this [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Larry Lee will be on the ground in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on August 15, 2019 for the Livestock Facility Siting Rule Public Hearing (ATCP 51- the CAFO rule). Continue reading Livestock Facility Siting Rule Public [Read More…]

Junior swine exhibitors will be educated on biosecurity and foreign animal diseases at the 2019 Illinois State Fair. Jenny Jackson with the Illinois Pork Producers Association says they are teaming up with Ohio State University [Read More…]

More farmers are looking at the costs and benefits of investing in drain tile, especially since they can possibly have it installed in prevent-plant acres before the fall rush.  We’ll hear from Josh Babb with [Read More…]

Jack Habjen Among the many Upper Midwest county fairs that have been happening, a Northwest Missouri county fair has brought back an agriculture tradition. Missouri’s Platte County Fair, situated barely outside the perimeter of the [Read More…]