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Under Secretary Greg Ibach says USDA is stepping up surveillance to keep African Swine Fever from getting into the U.S. “I think the most important thing that we’re doing from a USDA point of view [Read More…]

The U.S. Grains Council is seeing explosive growth in Vietnam. USGC regional director for Southeast Asia Manuel Sanchez says Vietnam has increased U.S. corn imports from 3 million metric tons in 2008 to 10 million [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, dry weather is promoting corn and soybean harvesting, as well as winter wheat planting. Producers harvested 15% of the U.S. soybean acreage during the week ending October 21, equal to [Read More…]

Eastern Pacific Hurricane Willa should reach the Mexican coast late Tuesday. A developing storm system in the southern U.S. will absorb deep tropical moisture associated with Willa’s remnants, resulting in heavy rain (1 to 3 [Read More…]

The USDA and FDA are holding a joint public meeting on the regulation of lab-produced, cell-cultured meat. In his opening comments, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the development of cell-cultured meat is advancing rapidly. “Reports [Read More…]

Many corn farmers are pleased with President Trump’s directive on year-round E15, but two north central Indiana farmers cut a corn maze into their field to show their appreciation. Bruce Buchanan and his son Allen [Read More…]

Indiana dairy producer Brian Houin discusses his experiences when adding a large robotic dairy barn to his existing parlor systems. Continue reading A farmer’s experience with adding a robotic dairy at Brownfield Ag News.      

Farmers used last week’s dryer weather to resume harvesting.  One of them is Wisconsin Corn Growers President Doug Rebout, who tells Brownfield yields look good.  “Down around the Janesville area, our ten-year average is 185 [Read More…]

A southeastern Minnesota farmer pleased with harvest progress says conditions haven’t been ideal. Brent Mohn of Lakeville tells Brownfield he’s finishing up soybeans. “Truth be told, I’d still be looking for a few more degrees [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the sharply day higher as the market responded positively to Friday’s Cattle on Feed report.  Sharply higher wholesale values were also supportive of today’s move.  December live [Read More…]

Nebraska farmers had a good week of harvesting last week, but the state’s soybean harvest continued to lag well behind its normal pace for the third week of October. Corn harvest advanced from 25 to 34 percent [Read More…]

Iowa farmers were finally able to make some harvest progress last week, after weeks of weather-related delays. As of Sunday, the state’s corn harvest was 29 percent complete overall, up from 17 percent the previous [Read More…]

According to the latest USDA Crop and Weather report, corn harvest in Ohio continues to outpace the five-year average but soybean harvest lags behind the five-year average. Farmers were also able to make progress on [Read More…]

The USDA says beef in cold storage at the end of September 2018 was up on the year, but by less than what some analysts were expecting heading into the report. Frozen beef supplies were [Read More…]

A Wisconsin farmer says something needs to be done about the cost of health insurance for farmers and small businesses.  Dan Meyer of Kiel, Wisconsin tells Brownfield, “My wife works on the farm as well [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground  at the Yoder farm near Leonard, Mo. Oct. 24 for a Soil Health Field Day sponsored by Soil Health Partnership and the Missouri Corn and Soybean Merchandising [Read More…]

USDA undersecretary Ted McKinney says the fact that the U.S. and Japan both have “trade templates” in place should help when the two countries begin their bilateral trade talks. “They have their own trading partnerships. [Read More…]

Much of southern and southwestern Wisconsin is now eligible for disaster assistance. President Trump declared a disaster, making federal funding available for individuals in Crawford, Dane, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Sauk, and Vernon counties.  [Read More…]

One of the takeaways from last week’s cattle-on-feed report is the continued higher-than-normal percentage of heifers going into feedlots. The percentage of heifers and heifer calves in feedlots on October 1st was up 11 percent [Read More…]

What’s the cost of producing big yielding crops? An agronomist says some growers forget about the high cost of inputs that go into getting those big yields. In this Managing for Profit, Beck’s Hybrids agronomist [Read More…]