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A west-central Minnesota farmer expects to wait at least another week to begin planting. Kirby Hettver says there should be a lot of activity by next Monday, if the weather cooperates. “It looks like a [Read More…]

Farmers in several states are finding out their ability to use new dicamba products is ever changing. The Arkansas Supreme Court has stayed several decisions in county courts that would have allowed access to dicamba [Read More…]

Dairy prices were mostly up Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three April milk was unchanged at $14.51 a hundredweight.  May was up $.09 at $15.07. June was up $.11 to 15.55. July was [Read More…]

A Stine Seed agronomist is advising corn growers to let their soils warm up and dry out some before planting. Mike Smith says planting corn into cool, wet soils can result in problems that last all [Read More…]

Supporters of a billion-dollar property tax relief measure in Nebraska have dropped their efforts to place the issue on the November ballot. Trent Fellers with the coalition called Reform for Nebraska’s Future, says there were [Read More…]

A resource guide has debuted for rural Missourians. The guide is a collaboration between the state Economic Development Department and the Missouri department of agriculture with local service groups. The guide includes community services, business [Read More…]

Neighbors of a North Carolina hog farm have won their nuisance case against pork producer Murphy-Brown. A federal jury awarded each of the ten plaintiffs more than five million dollars each in compensatory and punitive [Read More…]

  The Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee says a partisan House Ag Committee farm bill makes it difficult for the legislation to be passed. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan tells Brownfield she’s been [Read More…]

European Union nations have voted to ban the use of neonicotinoids, a move they believe will help protect honey bees. The use of neonicotinoids in the EU has been restricted to certain crops since 2013 [Read More…]

On May 18, 2018 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Southwest Iowa for a Planting/Crops Tour. Continue reading Planting/Crops Tour at Brownfield Ag News.      

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground for a visit to the Purdue forestry farm by former Sen. Richard Lugar on Monday, April 30 near West Lafayette, IN. Continue reading Former Sen. Richard [Read More…]

Concerns involving animal welfare and animal rights are no longer generating daily headlines like they did a few years ago. But the director of the Center for Animal Welfare Science at Purdue University, Candace Croney, [Read More…]

Getting a good handle on fertility early on is key to a successful growing year. Understanding nitrogen, potassium and lime levels greatly impacts other decisions that need to be made on the farm. Every season [Read More…]

The new USDA report shows butter production rose four-tenths of a percent, and American type cheese up 6.4% Gouda cheese production was up 11.6% and Romano production was up 11.2% over 2016. The biggest drop [Read More…]

The Vice President of the National Farmers Union says the SNAP program reforms are not the only problems in the House Ag Committee’s version of the farm bill.  Patty Edelburg tells Brownfield mandatory funding for [Read More…]

An explosion at a Superior, Wisconsin oil refinery Thursday has some farmers concerned about livestock.  Mark and Cora Liebaert raise beef southeast of Superior. Cora Liebaert tells Brownfield that as of late Thursday afternoon, the [Read More…]

Government leaders want Wisconsin farmers impacted by the recent blizzard they will help them recover. Wisconsin Ag Secretary Sheila Harsdorf tells Brownfield, “The northeast was hit hard with this storm and we, between the federal [Read More…]

Farmers in Southeast Missouri now have more time to use new formulations of dicamba. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says because of wet weather and slow planting, farmers will need that extra time. The state use label [Read More…]

Senate Ag Committee chair Pat Roberts says he expects committee markup of the Senate farm bill to take place in early May—and he says it could reach the Senate floor soon after that. “I will [Read More…]

Missouri-based MFA cooperative is stressing caution to its applicators when it comes to over-the-top use of newer dicamba herbicides this growing season. Jason Weirich, MFA director of agronomy, tells Brownfield Ag News it’s important to remember [Read More…]