Ag News

Across the Corn Belt, light rain across the upper Midwest in advance of a cold front is causing some renewed fieldwork delays. On October 14, the soybean harvest was at least 30 percentage points behind [Read More…]

A dedicated no-till farmer from Australia says broad spectrum herbicides can be successfully used while avoiding resistance. Bill Crabtree has sworn off tillage in favor of controlling weeds with glyphosate. Australia’s issues with glyphosate resistant [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower ahead of the Cattle on Feed report and significant cash business.  Heavy supplies were anticipated, but the report showed placements 5 percent lower, which could provide [Read More…]

The USDA says placements onto feed during September 2018 were below what many analysts had been expecting. Placements were 5% lower than a year ago at 2.051 million head, breaking a four-month string of increases, [Read More…]

There continues to be a digital divide in rural America and a Northwestern Indiana farmer says it’s more important now than ever for farmers to have broadband access. Lana Wallpe farms in Benton County and [Read More…]

The USDA, EPA and FDA have signed an agreement to reduce food loss in the U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the collaboration will align each agency’s efforts to educate Americans on the impacts of [Read More…]

The director of the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) says the scope of the African Swine Fever outbreak in China is multiplying. Dr. Paul Sundberg tells Brownfield from the beginning of the outbreak in August [Read More…]

From low milk prices to rising inputs, the dairy sector has faced some serious challenges this year. In this Managing for Profit, RaboResearch dairy analyst Aga Perry talks about some of the challenges along with [Read More…]

The 2018 World Food Prize Laureates were honored in Des Moines, Iowa for their leadership combating inadequate nutrition in children and their mothers. Doctors Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro have worked to improve child and [Read More…]

A west-central Minnesota farmer has wrapped up his 2018 corn harvest. Chad Willis of Willmar says yields were similar to last year. “Going to come in right around that 200 (bushels per-acre) mark.  I was [Read More…]

A Missouri farmer found waterhemp resistant to 2,4-D in his field and it turned out to be resistant to a half-dozen modes of action. University of Missouri Weed scientist Dr. Kevin Bradley tells Brownfield Ag [Read More…]

A southern Minnesota farmer is trying to stay positive in the face of continual weather challenges. Rochelle Krusemark of Trimont says the growing season began with planting delays caused by excessive rains that were frequent [Read More…]

White House chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow suggests trade talks with China are not progressing. According to CNBC, Kudlow told attendees of the Detroit Economic Club Thursday that China has not responded positively to any [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed lower ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report and wide-spread direct cash business.  Feeder cattle were mixed, but found support in the day’s lower move in [Read More…]

Soybeans were sharply lower on commercial and technical selling, ending the session just above the day’s lows. The trade expects generally good harvest progress in many key growing areas over the next several days. Recent [Read More…]

Dec. corn closed at $3.70 and 3/4, down 3 and 1/2 cents Nov. soybeans closed at $8.63 and 1/2, down 22 and 1/4 cents Dec. soybean meal closed at $316.30, down $7.40 Dec. soybean oil closed at 29.02, down 54 points Dec. wheat [Read More…]

The USDA says meat production is still up on the year after posting declines from last month. “When you look at beef, we reduced some production in late 2018 and moved that into some additional [Read More…]

The EPA says it plans to release a proposed E15 rule by next February. The agency’s fall agenda includes finalizing the new guidelines by May, which would allow for sales of E15 next summer. Lawmakers [Read More…]

The USDA is allowing a new strain of cotton that’s edible to move toward commercialization. Texas A&M AgriLife researcher, Dr. Keerti Rathore, spent 23 years studying cotton and found a way to remove the natural [Read More…]

High-path avian flu remains a concern for U.S. poultry producers even though no cases have been reported this year. Steve Olson is executive director of the Turkey Growers and Chicken and Egg Associations in Minnesota. [Read More…]