Ag News

U.S. ethanol production declined last week, while stocks hit multi-month highs. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.033 million barrels a day, down 34,000 from the previous week, with some downtime because of [Read More…]

Minnesota Farmers Union president Gary Wertish says the resignation of Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator was long overdue. “The big thing was the Renewable Fuel Standard and how he was handing out hardship waivers to [Read More…]

President Trump is following through on his vow to impose additional tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says he is supportive of the new tariffs. In a statement, [Read More…]

Dean Foods Company has officially notified employees of seven dairy plants they will be shutting down operations. The Huntley, Illinois dairy plant will be laying off more than 130 people in mid-September. Dean’s Country Fresh [Read More…]

University of Missouri extension has introduced a new herbicide injury identification app at its pesticide management field day. Extension Weed Specialist Mandy Bish tells Brownfield the mobile app allows photos to be sent of injured plants [Read More…]

A plant pathologist at Iowa State University says record heat in May resulted in the earliest presence of soybean cyst nematode in his nearly 30 years studying the pest. But, a wetter and cooler June [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, very warm, mostly dry weather is ideal for summer crop development in areas with adequate moisture. However, topsoil moisture was rated more than one-half very short to short on July [Read More…]

  For the remainder of the week, warm weather will cover much of the country. However, cloudiness and showers will help to suppress temperatures in the Southwest. Starting around mid-week, a heat wave will affect [Read More…]

Canada has implemented a 10 percent retaliatory duty on imports of prepared and cooked US beef in response to US tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. US Meat Export Federation’s Jessica Spreitzer says Canada imported [Read More…]

President Trump has pardoned Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond.  The Hammonds were involved in a dispute with federal authorities over federal land usage and were convicted in 2016 of using fire to destroy federal [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the lack of direction from the cash market and the recent decline in wholesale prices pressured live cattle futures.  The negative moves today in lean hogs also carried over to [Read More…]

Soybeans were mixed, mostly firm, consolidating after Monday’s sharply lower move and last Friday’s sharply higher activity. It was an up and down day, with traders watching development weather and the effects of tariffs. The [Read More…]

Dean Foods Company has become a majority shareholder of Good Karma Foods, a plant-based food and beverage company. Dean Foods declined an interview with Brownfield but provided statements. CEO Ralph Scozzafava says diversification to higher-growth [Read More…]

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…]