Ag News
Raising a glass to dairy
June 1st has been named World Milk Day by the United Nations celebrate the contributions of dairy around the globe. Jolene Griffin with the United Dairy Industry of Michigan says the dairy industry is [Read More…]
Jaspers resigning as SD Ag Secretary
South Dakota Ag Secretary Mike Jaspers is resigning to take a job with an electric co-op in the state. Governor Dennis Daugaard says Jaspers “knowledge and experience have strengthened the department.” Jasper’s resignation will be effective July [Read More…]
Senators ask Perdue for MPP sign-up extension
Several U.S. Senators have asked the USDA to extend the June 1st Margin Protection Program sign-up deadline by thirty days. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith says the extension would help the dairy farmers who are also [Read More…]
U.S. hog farmers brace for trade retaliation
The U.S. hog sector is expressing deep concern as the Trump Administration expands its steel and aluminum import tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. Minnesota Pork Producers Association CEO David Preisler says [Read More…]
Nebraska Farm Bureau reacts to tariffs dispute
The director of national affairs for Nebraska Farm Bureau says the tariffs dispute with Mexico, Canada and the EU is very concerning. Jordan Dux says while farmers have been generally supportive of President Trump’s efforts [Read More…]
Retaliatory tariffs costly to US pork producers
The Trump Administration says that Canada, Mexico, and the EU would no longer be exempt from US steel and aluminum tariffs announced earlier this year. The tariffs are intended to bolster the US aluminum and steel [Read More…]
CME dairy prices lower Thursday
The dairy markets were lower Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three June milk was down $.09 to $15.57. July was down $.11 to $16.38. August was down $.06 to $16.87. September was down [Read More…]
ASA President troubled by tariffs on Chinese products
American Soybean Association President John Heisdorffer says he’s worried about the administration’s decision to apply a 25 percent tariff on nearly $50 billion in imports from China. “My biggest concern is is this going to [Read More…]
No dairy issues resolved in NAFTA talks
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay remains optimistic about the NAFTA re-negotiations. He tells Brownfield, “I just had a great conversation with (U.S. Ag Secretary) Sonny Perdue and he understands fully the value of trade [Read More…]
All ag sectors reliant on trade, each other
An Indiana farmer says a successful US corn and soybean market is dependent on a strong US livestock sector and both rely on a strong trading environment. Kendall Culp, a corn and soybean farmer from [Read More…]
Land O’Lakes CEO Policinski retiring
Land O’Lakes president and CEO Chris Policinski will retire at the end of June. The global food and agribusiness company has seen significant growth since Policinski assumed leadership in 2005. Land O’Lakes board chair Pete [Read More…]
Iowa program develops leadership qualities in young cattle farmers
Many ag and commodity organizations have programs designed to develop leadership qualities in young farmer-members. We visited recently with Adair Lents of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association about their Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Program. AUDIO: Adair Lents [Read More…]
Trump hits closest allies with steel/aluminum tariffs
U.S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the U.S. will expand its steel and aluminum tariffs onto Mexico, Canada and the E.U. – and the head of Farmers for Free Trade says that will “open the [Read More…]
Missouri Cattlemen’s Association “thrilled” Parson will be governor
The leaders of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association say they are pleased Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson will be sworn in as governor on Friday because Parson is a staunch supporter of Missouri agriculture. Missouri Cattlemen’s president [Read More…]
USMEF predicts minimal U.S. impact from Brazil strike
A U.S. Meat Export Federation spokesman tells Brownfield the Brazilian trucker and dockworker strike might not affect the U.S. meat industry very much. Joe Schuele tells Brownfield the real impact in the U.S. will be [Read More…]
Putting together the global demand puzzle
A leader with the US Meat Export federation says increasing global demand for US beef and pork is like putting together a very tricky jigsaw puzzle. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the US Meat [Read More…]
Rain pattern winding-down across the Corn Belt
A pair of disturbances — one currently over the east-central Plains and the other in the northern Great Lakes—will march east, with the northern system weakening while the southern low stalls upon reaching the Mid-Atlantic [Read More…]
Increasing demand for US red eat in Africa
Increasing global demand for US beef and pork continues to play a huge role in profitability for the livestock sector. Monty Brown with the US Meat Export Federation says Ghana is a market that is [Read More…]
Reducing plant populations pays off for an Iowa farmer
Klint Bissel, who farms near Bedford in southwest Iowa, says they’ve cut their soybean seed costs in half by reducing their soybean populations into the 70,000 to 80,000 plants per acre range–with no decrease in [Read More…]
April payments available in dairy margin program
The USDA says dairy farmers can expect a program payment for at least three months of this year if they sign up for the Dairy Margin Protection Program by the end of Friday. USDA [Read More…]