Ag News

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply lower on long liquidation and slow beef demand as traders prepared for the week’s widespread direct cash business. June was $1.67 lower at $106.25 and August was [Read More…]

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is sticking with its June 20th cutoff date for dicamba applications despite spring planting delays. In a news release, Commissioner Dave Frederickson says although it was a challenging spring, the [Read More…]

A farm group leader says the dairy margin protection program is just a Band-Aid fix. Bobbie Wilson with the Wisconsin Farmers Union says many of their members believe the dairy margin protection program (MPP) doesn’t [Read More…]

An analyst says despite the current trade rhetoric, China remains a promising market for U.S. ag exports. Sue Martin, president of Iowa-based Ag and Investment Services, tells Brownfield Chinese president Xi Jinping has a very [Read More…]

USDA APHIS has set up a quarantine in a New York county for European cherry fruit fly (ECFF). Part of Niagara County, New York is quarantined for the invasive pest which is the most serious [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip will be on the ground for Michigan Farm Bureau’s National Commodity Summit June 25-26 in Grand Rapids. Continue reading Michigan Farm Bureau’s National Commodity Summit at Brownfield Ag News.      

USDA Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney says he doesn’t know what the next steps will be for economic and trade discussions with Japan. “I do know that the U.S., and I think, frankly, Japan as [Read More…]

The National Pork Producers Council welcomed inclusion of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine bank in the Senate farm bill while expressing concern about how the bank gets funded. Dustin Baker with NPPC says while it’s good [Read More…]

Pork industry economist Steve Meyer of Kerns and Associates says the big supply of hogs coming to market in the coming months is “pretty daunting”. At last week’s World Pork Expo, we visited with Meyer about [Read More…]

The head of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) says renewable fuels advocates are looking to capitalize on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s trip through Rural America this week. Brian Jennings tells Brownfield Pruitt was taken [Read More…]

Embattled EPA administrator Scott Pruitt will be in Nebraska Thursday as part of his Midwestern tour, which has included stops this week in Kansas and South Dakota. Pruitt is scheduled to meet late Thursday afternoon [Read More…]

A central Iowa farmer is having success planting soybeans before corn. Corey Hillebo farms about 20 miles north of Des Moines. “We did a little early soybeans last year too.  It’s proven to us it’s [Read More…]

House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson is praising his Senate counterparts for putting together a bipartisan farm bill. The Minnesota Democrat tells Brownfield success in the Senate could put pressure on House Republicans who [Read More…]

A federal judge in California has upheld a temporary injunction on California’s Proposition 65 which would require a cancer warning label on glyphosate. The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), which is leading the coalition against [Read More…]

A grain marketer expects solid wheat marketing opportunities through the 4th of July. Cody Harris with Star of the West Milling tells Brownfield last year wheat prices hit their peak around the 4th July and [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed down three to eight cents while cash dairy finished steady to lower Wednesday. June milk closed down three cents at $15.37.  July fell $0.08 to [Read More…]

During today’s Senate Ag Committee farm bill markup session, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley launched into a diatribe on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and RFS small-refinery exemptions. AUDIO: Chuck Grassley Continue reading Grassley expresses frustration with Pruitt and [Read More…]

  U.S. ethanol production hit a four-week high last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.053 million barrels a day, up 12,000 on the week, as the industry and fuel blenders respond [Read More…]

The Senate Ag Committee is marking up its version of the farm bill this morning. Many members touted the bipartisan work that went into the Senate Farm Bill. Ranking member Debbie Stabenow says a tight [Read More…]

Commentary. When I close my eyes at night and visions of yellow nutsedge sprouting in otherwise weed-free soil appear in my mind’s eye, I know I’ve spent a lot of hours hoeing in the garden. [Read More…]