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Monsanto held a conference call with reporters this morning to provide a mid-season update on dicamba.  Participating in the call were Ryan Rubischko, North America dicamba portfolio lead for Monsanto; Ty Witten, North America crop [Read More…]

University of Missouri researchers continue to find volatility of the newer dicamba products. M-U researchers are in their second year of studying soybean plants, placed 12 inches above the crop canopy, in fields that have been [Read More…]

An official of Monsanto says none of the dicamba-related complaints they have investigated this year are due to volatility of their XtendiMax herbicide. “None of the issues we’ve assessed so far this season have been [Read More…]

Isabella Chism has been named the 2018-2019 chair for Ag Council of America, the nonprofit that organizes National Ag Day. Chism is the second vice president of Indiana Farm Bureau. She farms with her family [Read More…]

  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association likes President Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court.  NCBA’s Scott Yager says the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an opportunity to solidify the conservative tilt of the high [Read More…]

Dr. Kirsten Workman from the University of Vermont Extension talked to Brownfield at the recent Sustainable Agronomy Conference in Madison, Wisconsin about using multiple conservation practices to create a farm’s conservation system for improving soil [Read More…]

The Coalition for Safe Affordable Food has submitted comments to the USDA for their proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. National Milk Producers Federation is one of thirty-six member organizations in the coalition.  President Jim [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s crops made good progress with last week’s warm and dry weather.  Six percent of the corn is at silking stage, 8 days ahead of last year and five days above average.  Eighty-three percent of [Read More…]

Tom Steever spoke with Ryan Britt, President, Missouri Association of Conservation District, who works his family farm with an eye on the future. Britt has been adding conservation practices such as no till, cover crops, [Read More…]

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is offering zero-interest loans to farmers affected by recent flooding. Through the Rural Finance Authority, loans can be used to help clean up farm operations, repair or replace farm structures, [Read More…]

There’s hope among U.S. ag groups that the newly elected president of Mexico is committed to NAFTA re-negotiations, “I’m going to be optimistic and hope so!” says Casey Guernsey with Americans for Farmers and Families. [Read More…]

A Midwest agronomist says Japanese beetles are cropping up in corn, “I’m getting calls in some fields that are really bad. So, we look at a Japanese beetle in corn and what they can potentially do [Read More…]

Wheat grower groups say the trade dispute with China came just as the market picture for wheat was about to improve.  From March to June over the past three years, China purchased an average of [Read More…]

The CEO of Midwest Dairy hopes the pride of farmers shines through as the industry struggles through a period of low milk prices. Since joining the Association two years ago, Lucas Lentsch has seen incomes [Read More…]

Milk futures continued to dive and the cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday. July Class Three milk was down $.04 at $14.16.   August was down $.17 to $14.52. September [Read More…]

A soil testing lab says it might be a rough year for soybean farmers fighting the soybean cyst nematode. Jim Friedericks with AgSource says, “This year, we’ve seen more samples in the 4-5 thousand eggs [Read More…]

Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig is urging the Trump Administration to move quickly to resolve trade issues with China. “We need to get the Chinese to the negotiating table to fix some of these issues—and [Read More…]

Members of Congress tasked with finalizing the 2018 Farm Bill have several hurdles to overcome. Kansas Senator Pat Roberts will chair the conference committee, and one of his first duties will be to narrow down [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground for the 2018 Missouri Swine Health Symposium on Monday, July 16 in Sedalia, Missouri. Continue reading 2018 Missouri Swine Health Symposium at Brownfield Ag News.      

A University of Wisconsin crop pathologist says the risk of white mold for soybeans remains pretty high right now.  All of Wisconsin except for the Door County peninsula is under medium or very high risk [Read More…]