Ag News

It is National 4-H Week and an 11-year member of the organization shared with Brownfield the story of how 4-H taught her to advocate for agriculture. “This year, the 4-H theme is ‘4-H Inspires kids [Read More…]

An official with one of the nation’s leading farm real estate companies says interest in selling ag land is picking up among landowners. Randy Dickhut with Farmers National Company says their ag land listings are [Read More…]

USDA is forecasting milk production for this year and next higher as dairy farmers increase their herd size and milk per cow is expected to increase. In its October supply and demand report, USDA forecasts [Read More…]

Agriculture studies for space travel are resulting in useful technology for agriculture on earth. At Bayer’s 2018 Future of Farming Dialogue a NASA scientist spoke about a device that can show the ions in a [Read More…]

The USDA increased its ending stocks estimates for U.S. corn, soybeans, and wheat. The rise in corn was because of higher ending stocks last marketing year, along with a lower feed use projection, but the [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production and stocks both climbed last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.04 million barrels a day, up 25,000 on the week even as corn prices firmed. The ethanol industry [Read More…]

Rain has stalled corn and soybean harvest in a number of states, including Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says he has concerns about pod shatter, but believes farmers should prioritize corn [Read More…]

Ideas shared at the “ImAGine Ag Business” forums across the state this week include better infrastructure and a more skilled and abundant work force to help move agriculture forward, “I’m really excited to see that [Read More…]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says livestock haulers need flexibility when it comes to the hours-of-service rules. Allison Rivera, director of government affairs for NCBA, says the current rules are too restrictive, but a split [Read More…]

Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler says Canada’s willingness to open its dairy markets to the U.S. is a big deal, “For them to eliminate the class 6 and 7 category, plus to increase the quotas for [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on lower cash trade and pressure from outside markets.  Weak wholesale values were also a negative influencer.  October live cattle closed $1.27 lower at [Read More…]

  Soybean exports so far this year are off by 13 percent, according to Todd Hubbs, an agriculture economist at the University of Illinois. “And that’s all China,” Hubbs told Brownfield Ag News Wednesday. “We’ve [Read More…]

Nematodes are silent yield robbers and are reducing farmers profitability. New seed treatment technologies are helping farmers protect their crops against a pest that isn’t visible to the naked eye. In this Managing for Profit, [Read More…]

The executive director of Ohio Corn and Wheat says President Trump’s move to allow year-round sales of E15 is a victory for corn farmers across the country. Tadd Nicholson says the federal ban on summer [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Tuesday somewhat pressured by the cash market. October closed four cents lower at $15.80.  November four cents lower at $15.99.  December up two cents [Read More…]

August was a big month for beef exports.  Dan Halstrom, CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says beef exports were up 7 percent on volume and a record on the beef value at 751-million-dollars.  He says [Read More…]

A dairy business consultant tells Brownfield many family farmers need to change their way of thinking to keep their farm and family profitable.  Dr. Thomas Fuhrmann with DairyWorks Management System says, “‘Dairying is a way of [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Tom Steever will cover the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator’s Demonstration Day on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 in Des Moines. Continue reading Iowa AgriTech Accelerator’s Demonstration Day at Brownfield Ag News.      

Across the Corn Belt, locally moderate to major flooding of creeks and rivers is occurring from northern Missouri into southern Wisconsin, following a multi-day rain event. Currently, cool, rainy weather persists in the upper Midwest, [Read More…]

Multiple weather events will be a concern for U.S. agricultural interests during the next several days. First, Michael is expected to reach western Florida’s gulf coast as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, resulting in [Read More…]