Ag News

Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling, unable to follow through on the initial post report gains. The USDA says U.S. soybean acreage was down 1% on the year, but up from [Read More…]

Specialty crop growers are finding ways to become more mechanized as labor shortages continue. Mark Longstroth with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield specialty crop growers continue to be shorthanded and researchers are finding ways [Read More…]

Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly up on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. Class Three June milk was up $.03 at  $15.27. July was up $.26 at $14.60. August was up $.13 to [Read More…]

U.S. corn and soybean stocks on June 1st, 2018 were above June 1st, 2017 levels. Overall, the numbers were within what most analysts were expecting ahead of the report. Corn stocks came out at 5.306 [Read More…]

La Crosse Seed has been acquired by DLF Pickseed.  The deal was announced Friday.  Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. In a statement, La Crosse Seed chairman Paul Curran says they look forward to [Read More…]

Commentary. The Farm Bill sailed to approval in the Senate this week, forwarded on an 86-11 vote – despite all “nay” votes cast by Republicans – and the announcement by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy [Read More…]

Livestock producers are being encouraged to anticipate being targeted by extreme activist groups. Animal Agriculture Alliance communications director Hannah Thompson-Weeman says it’s an unfortunate reality of modern production. “That’s what we’re seeing happening is activist [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground in Terra Haute, Indiana on Monday, July 2, 2018 for Shop talk on farm bill and ag policy with Senator Donnelly. Continue reading Shop talk on [Read More…]

The USDA’s latest quarterly Hogs and Pigs report shows the US hog industry is set to grow an already record hog supply.  Economists say this sets up what could be a pretty dire situation for [Read More…]

The full Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2018 farm bill late Thursday afternoon. Ag Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas says bipartisan collaboration was key in garnering the support needed to push the [Read More…]

The author of a Senate farm bill amendment to put more restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP says able-bodied adults without children should be required to work more and receive less. Republican [Read More…]

An agronomist in southern Minnesota says he’s starting to think a lot about white mold. Dan Koehler with Dekalb/AsGrow tells Brownfield the plant disease is probably still fresh on the minds of growers after multiple [Read More…]

The Farm Service Agency is giving cotton farmers information to help them prepare for the new cotton seed safety net program. FSA director Richard Fordyce tells Brownfield, “FSA will start sending information to producers on [Read More…]

The biodiesel industry is looking for more good news following the EPA’s proposal for higher blending requirements of the fuel. Mike Youngerberg with the Minnesota Soybean Growers was in Washington, D.C. this week, pressing Congress [Read More…]

Dairy farming is a tough business, but St. Johns, Michigan dairy producer Carla Wardin says she has no regrets about leaving a corporate job and returning to her family’s dairy farm about ten years ago. “I would never [Read More…]

Researchers are making the case for winter camelina as a viable second crop for soybean growers in the Upper Midwest. University of Minnesota cropping systems specialist Scott Wells says winter camelina has been around for [Read More…]

The Senate is in the process of considering amendments to its version of the farm bill, including one to restrict checkoff programs. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker says the checkoff programs only represent the interests [Read More…]

Lower prices for meat, milk, buns and watermelon led to a decrease in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s summer cookout survey. John Newton, AFBF’s director of market intelligence, says the informal survey shows the cost [Read More…]

The U.S. Senate is debating a federal Farm Bill with a vote expected this week. Missouri Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says the plan includes funding to expand broadband internet access in rural areas. Speaking [Read More…]

The number of dicamba misuse complaints in Missouri has risen over the past week. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has received 68 dicamba complaints, 50 of which are from southeast Missouri. The complaints cover nearly [Read More…]