Ag News

The spread of African Swine Fever in China and the threat it presents has the pork industry and its producers on high alert. National Pork Producers Council chief veterinarian Dr. Liz Wagstrom spoke with Brownfield [Read More…]

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says U.S. drivers will have access to E15 next summer, but the head of the Renewable Fuels Association says they are cautiously optimistic because the rulemaking process for the waiver has [Read More…]

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says U.S. drivers will have access to E15 next summer, but the head of the Renewable Fuels Association says they are cautiously optimistic because the rulemaking process for the waiver has [Read More…]

The leading U.S. agricultural negotiator is confident the USMCA trade agreement will not have problems getting ratified. Gregg Doud with the U.S. Trade Representative’s office tells Brownfield he believes Democrats taking control of the House [Read More…]

The chair-elect of the US Meat Export Federation says 2018 has been a fantastic year for exports. Cevin Jones, an Idaho cattle feeder says there’s a positive story on the beef side.  “We’re going to [Read More…]

The chairman-elect of the US Meat Export Federation says 2018 has been a fantastic year for exports. Cevin Jones, an Idaho cattle feeder says there’s a positive story on the beef side.  “We’re going to [Read More…]

An agricultural economist says corn exports are strong now, but that might change. Dr. Bill Tierney with AgResource says there’s likely to be some strong South American competition in 2019.  “We think that we’ve seen [Read More…]

An agricultural economist says corn exports are strong now, but that might change. Dr. Bill Tierney with AgResource says there’s likely to be some strong South American competition in 2019.  “We think that we’ve seen [Read More…]

Long time policy watcher Mary Kay Thatcher says the change in U.S. House leadership might result in the offering of alternative language in the USMCA. Thatcher, formerly with the American Farm Bureau Federation and now [Read More…]

Farm broadcaster Roddy Peeples happily declares he has no regrets after his career in the farm and ranch news business. The founder of the San Angelo, Texas-based Voice of Southwest Agriculture radio network joined what [Read More…]

This year hundreds of ag retailers across the country have been rebranded as part of a merger between Agrium Inc.  and Potash Corporation. Speaking to Brownfield at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Vice President [Read More…]

The 2018 Grow Smart Scholarship, sponsored by BASF was awarded at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention to Alexandra Voichoskie-Hansen, an agriculture and environmental sciences communication major at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, as the trade gets ready for the week’s widespread direct cash business. December was up $.45 at $116.55 and February [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. The USDA lowered its 2018 production estimate but is still expecting a record crop with a record average yield. However, these numbers are as of November [Read More…]

An ag economist calls Thursday’s USDA’s reports a bit surprising. Kevin McNew with Farmers Business Network tells Brownfield the USDA numbers were about a bushel lower for both corn and soybeans than what traders were [Read More…]

Is the dairy price cycle a thing of the past?  Ben Laine is senior economist with CoBank and he tells Brownfield Ag News, “It’s hard to say where we are exactly. It used to be [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, snow showers and squalls are limited to areas downwind of the Great Lakes. Elsewhere, cold, dry weather is conducive to corn and soybean harvest activities in fields where soils are [Read More…]

The head of Rural Community Insurance Services says technology will play an important role in crop insurance. Speaking to Brownfield during Trade Talk at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Mike Day said precision [Read More…]

Soil health is getting more and more attention in the ag industry, but Todd Martin with the Independent Professional Seed Association wonders if it’s becoming a buzz word. “Everybody’s talking about it,” he says. “It’s [Read More…]

   A Santa Ana wind event will persist during the next few days in parts of California, maintaining an elevated wildfire threat. Warmth will accompany California’s offshore winds, but much of the remainder of the [Read More…]