Ag News

Researchers are using Seneca Virus A to evaluate swine feed biosecurity. Dr. Paul Sundberg with the Swine Health Information Center says the virus is a good surrogate for Foot and Mouth Disease and African Swine [Read More…]

A new report says increases in organic livestock production in the U.S. should lead to more demand for organic feed grains. Ag economist Ryan Koory with Mercaris tells Brownfield for the 2017/2018 marketing year, organic [Read More…]

A Farm Bureau leader says he’s not surprised by how aggressive the Trump Administration has been on trade. “We knew from Day One that President Trump was going to be tough on trade.  He was [Read More…]

U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is calling on Congress for authority to expand forest management practices to help stop the California wildfires. Perdue says Congress this past spring gave USDA authority in the Fire Funding [Read More…]

The USDA says corn, soybean, and wheat export sales for the week ending November 15th were within pre-report expectations. Physical shipments of corn remain ahead of what’s needed weekly to meet USDA projections for the [Read More…]

A dairy checkoff leader says the holidays help move a lot of butter.  Katie Hepler with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin tells Brownfield butter consumption is on the rise.  “Since 1970, you know we’re really just [Read More…]

  In the Corn Belt, seasonally cool, mostly dry weather is allowing some producers to complete corn and soybean harvest efforts. However, soils remain wet in much of the eastern Corn Belt, where Ohio’s topsoil [Read More…]

Steve Olson, executive director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, says the state is recovering from the high path avian influenza outbreak in 2015.  He also has some interesting insight on how trade impacts the [Read More…]

   A changing weather pattern will feature a pair of Pacific storms; each will traverse the West before crossing the central and eastern U.S. The first storm system will produce widespread, late-week precipitation across the [Read More…]

The new dairy revenue protection insurance program is expected to cover about five percent of milk production in the U.S. during the first quarter, and a USDA official says many producers have already signed up. [Read More…]

The Trump Administration has appointed a new USDA Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs.  FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce announced that fourth-generation Pennsylvania farmer William “Bill” Beam will oversee major portions of farm bill programs including disaster [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production and stocks declined last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.042 million barrels a day, down 25,000 on the week as margins continues to weigh on the industry, even [Read More…]

Missouri certified applicators will NOT have a state label to follow on dicamba products in the 2019 growing season. Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says the new two-year federal label for the three dicamba products [Read More…]

The USDA reports a record amount of chicken in cold storage at the end of October. Chicken stocks jumped 8% to 942.926 million pounds because of high production levels and steady to slow demand, pushing [Read More…]

The Centers for Disease Control issued a nationwide alert Tuesday, warning consumers to throw away any type of romaine lettuce because it could be contaminated with E. coli. The CDC says consumers should also wash [Read More…]

A southeast Missouri man has been indicted in St. Louis federal court, accused of illegally applying dicamba herbicide to his cotton and soybean crops in 2016. The indictment says Bobby Lowery, owner of Lowrey Farms [Read More…]

The Renewable Fuel Association’s Chief Economist says Small Refinery Waivers like the one granted to oil giant Chevron Tuesday continues to hurt the ethanol industry.  Scott Richman says, “Even though we’ve had some good news [Read More…]

John Deere says earnings are up for both the fourth quarter and the year.  The company released its report Wednesday, showing 4th quarter earnings up 54% and net sales of 8.3 billion dollars, up 18%. [Read More…]

A Senate Ag Committee member is confident rural broadband will be enhanced in the new farm bill. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith says internet connectivity today should be approached like rural electrification was in the last [Read More…]

Ethanol groups are criticizing the latest small refinery exemption granted by the EPA. RFA President Geoff Cooper calls Tuesday’s announcement of a retroactive 2017 hardship waiver for Chevron a “blatant abuse” of the small refiner [Read More…]