Ag News

The wet springs of 2018 and 2019 have farmers looking closer at ways to manage field drainage. Josh Babb with Timewell Drainage Products tells Brownfield it’s been a busy year for installing drain tile systems [Read More…]

A USDA official says the upcoming re-survey for planted acres will be done differently. USDA State Statistician Greg Bussler tells Brownfield the planted acreage report that is being re-done because of the spring weather and [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s largest annual farm show hosted their first career day for youth, to highlight the opportunities they have for careers in agriculture. It’s the first time Farm Technology Days has put together a career day.  [Read More…]

An Arkansas farmer says he’s figured out the secret to 100-bushel soybeans.  Matt Miles of McGehee (mick-gee) in southeast Arkansas grows corn, cotton, rice, and for the last four years, 100-bushel soybeans.  Speaking to Brownfield [Read More…]

The toll of recent severe weather in southwest Minnesota probably won’t be fully known until harvest. Randy Michaelson sells corn seed for Wyffels Hybrids in Nobles and Jackson Counties.  He says strong storms barreled through [Read More…]

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) has awarded a $1 million grant to Kansas State University to increase water efficient crop yields. The grant, which is part of the seeding solutions program, was [Read More…]

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange finally edged passed the $18 market while cash markets, declining stocks, and production provide strength. July Class III milk futures up a penny at $17.41.  August up five [Read More…]

The head of the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee says early estimates of the state’s planted acreage are lacking. Newly named Executive Director Janna Fritz tells Brownfield they’re estimating Michigan’s soybean acreage near 1.6 million with [Read More…]

A bill in the U.S. Senate to increase the number of ag inspectors at the border has advanced out of committee. Led by Gary Peters of Michigan, the Protecting America’s Food and Agriculture Act of [Read More…]

An Illinois agronomist says his goal of 100-bushel soybeans literally got washed away this year. Kris Ehler says coming out of a record year for yields in 2018, wet conditions made his growers retool their [Read More…]

Ethanol stocks climbed again last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says supplies were up more than 324,000 barrels on the week to 23.689 million, the biggest reserve since late March and the fourth week [Read More…]

Commentary. There are no more manholes in Berkeley, California.  Gone are bondsmen, craftsmen and firemen.  No more heirs, manpower or pregnant women.  Fraternities and sororities are no longer recognized.  No more he and she when [Read More…]

Ethanol advocacy group Growth Energy has launched a new ad campaign criticizing the EPA for failing to address lost ethanol demand caused by small refinery exemptions. Growth Energy CEO, Emily Skor, said the ads give [Read More…]

Missouri’s Ag Director says Governor Parson’s new flood advisory task force is not just to benefit Missouri, “What steps are we going to take forward? This isn’t just about Missouri. We’ve got to work with [Read More…]

Farm income is declining, and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says crop yields won’t make up for it this year. “It’s not a very rosy picture right now.” Farm income is expected to be 50% below [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says farmers who qualify for the next round of market facilitation program payments will get at least $15 an acre. Talking to reporters Tuesday, he said more details will be announced [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, seasonally cool, dry weather is easing stress on summer crops, although a few pockets of unfavorable dryness exist. Crop development remains significantly behind the normal pace, despite last week’s heat wave. [Read More…]

T.D. Three is forecast to move northward and will soon become absorbed by a cold front. Additional rainfall associated with the front could total 1 to 4 inches or more, mainly in the southern Atlantic [Read More…]

Sorting through the countless technology options for your ag operation can be overwhelming. There are several factors to consider to determine how you can implement technology and still secure a positive return on investment. In [Read More…]

The USDA has proposed a regulation to close what it calls a loophole in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Critics say it will remove SNAP benefits of more than three-Million people who need them while [Read More…]