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Harvest is starting to pick up steam in South Dakota. As of Sunday, five percent of the state’s corn had been harvested and 67 percent had reached maturity, up 24 from the five-year average. The [Read More…]

Combines are starting to roll in Nebraska. As of Sunday, nine percent of corn and 13 percent of soybeans were harvested, both slightly ahead of average. Sorghum harvest stood at six percent. Winter wheat planting [Read More…]

Last week’s heavy rains in Iowa delayed the start of harvest in many areas of the state. As of Sunday, five percent the state’s corn for grain crop was harvested, five days ahead of average. [Read More…]

President Trump signed an updated trade deal between South Korea and the U.S. Monday. It’s a deal Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue likes.  In a statement, Perdue says the agreement adds to the momentum building for [Read More…]

A south-central Nebraska farmer says he’s been very pleased with his irrigated soybean yields so far. Randy Uhrmacher of Hastings says yields won’t quite match records set in 2016, but they’re coming close. “Some of [Read More…]

Missouri’s corn harvest is nearing the halfway point. Forty-three percent of the corn crop had been harvested as of Sunday, compared to the 28 percent average. Corn maturity reached 89 percent. The crop is rated [Read More…]

The USDA says there were record amounts of beef, poultry, and cheese in cold storage at the end of August. Beef supplies were reported at 503.449 million pounds, an increase of 6% on the year [Read More…]

As expected, the United States and China imposed new tariffs on each other’s goods today, ratcheting up the trade war between the two countries. The U.S. imposed ten percent tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Larry Lee will be in Wausau, Wisconsin on September 25 for the Farm Bureau/Rural Mutual Insurance Dairy Revenue Protection seminar.   Continue reading Farm Bureau/Rural Mutual Insurance Dairy Revenue Protection seminar at Brownfield Ag [Read More…]

The USDA reports that as of the week ending September 20th, corn export inspections for the 2018/19 marketing year remain ahead of the 2017/18 pace, while sorghum, soybeans, and wheat continue to lag. The relatively [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, Oct. 23rd for the 2018 Export Exchange, Co-sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), Growth Energy, and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). Continue reading 2018 Export [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Ken Anderson will be on the ground for an Ag Technology Media Tour in Guelph, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary, Canada November 11-17, 2018.  Global Affairs Canada organized the tour. Continue reading Ag Technology Media [Read More…]

For some farmers, actively managing crop residue can help to improve yields for the next growing season. In this Managing for Profit, Beck’s Hybrids field agronomist Luke Schulte will share how it can help farmers [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground for the Forbes AgTech tour/field demo day on Wednesday, September 26 in Indianapolis, IN.  Stops include Corteva Agriscience, Elanco, and Beck’s Hybrids. Continue reading Forbes AgTech [Read More…]

A food processor says the Trump administration’s tariff on steel is raising costs for them and consumers.  Paul Palmby is Chief Operating Officer for Seneca Foods.  He says, “Anybody that’s putting food in a can is [Read More…]

You can tell pumpkin is good for you by its color. Pumpkins are vegetables and their orange color indicates they are loaded with beta-carotene which converts to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is [Read More…]

    Across the Corn Belt, cool, breezy weather prevails. Significant lowland flooding persists in parts of the upper Midwest, particularly in northwestern Iowa and environs, following recent downpours. On the Plains, cool weather has replaced [Read More…]

Heavy rain falling across the south-central U.S. will spread eastward, reaching the central and southern Appalachians during the weekend. Storm-total rainfall could reach 2 to 6 inches from the southern Plains into the lower Ohio [Read More…]

A farm business expert says the USDA Market Facilitation Program payment is an unplanned injection of cash.  Iowa State University farm management specialist Steve Johnson says growers should get soybean production data to the Farm [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue will travel to North Carolina Monday to survey agricultural damages from Hurricane Florence. The USDA says Perdue was invited by North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. Damage assessments in North Carolina [Read More…]