Ag News

The National Pork Producer Council is asking the administration to quickly resolve the US-China trade dispute. Iowa State University Economist Dermot Hayes, pork producers have lost $2.2 billion since March because of Chinese tariff retaliation. [Read More…]

The Trump administration plans to undertake a rule making process to help streamline the admission of H2-A workers.  U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the change will make the H2-A program more responsive to stakeholder [Read More…]

  Michigan farmers continue to lag behind last year and the five-year average planting pace. The USDA says corn is 64 percent planted, 40 percent has emerged, and condition is rated 69 percent good to [Read More…]

The dairy markets were higher Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three May milk was unchanged at $15.17 a hundredweight. June was up $.09 to $15.76. July was up $.16 to $16.51.  August was [Read More…]

Bayer says the U.S. Justice Department has given Bayer conditional approval to acquire Monsanto, a big step forward for the proposed merger of the two ag companies. Bayer CEO Werner Baumann says the company now [Read More…]

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is heading back to Washington this week. According to CBC, Freeland’s primary objective is to rekindle NAFTA negotiations, which stalled after high-level talks broke off earlier this month.  But she [Read More…]

Ag issues are expected to be a focal point in the next round of trade talks between the U.S. and China. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will lead a U.S. delegation back to Beijing later [Read More…]

  The USDA reports corn and soybean export inspections, as of the week ending May 24th, remain slower than expected. The current marketing year runs through May for wheat, and August for beans, corn, and [Read More…]

  A strike by truckers and dockworkers in Brazil is impacting their agricultural exports.  Brazil’s largest port in Santos reports a shortage of soybeans, and Chinese-based COFCO has been forced to suspend shipments from there.  [Read More…]

Weed management continues to be a top priority for many farmers in the Midwest. Mike Beard raises corn, soybeans, and hogs in central Indiana. “We’ve got a whole new herbicide program this year- we’re planting [Read More…]

The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Council at Purdue University is funding six new projects this year. The council will sponsor the All-American Junior Sheep Show, the Whitley County Lamb and Wool Ambassador Pageant. [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Farm Service Agency Director Sandy Chalmers talks to Brownfield about the Margin Protection Program, Friday’s deadline, and a couple of things farmers need to know before it’s too late. Continue reading Things to know [Read More…]

The EPA has approved registration for a new group of fungicides developed by Syngenta. Eric Tedford, fungicide product lead, tells Brownfield Adepidyn®, under its Miravis brand, is available to peanut growers this year and the [Read More…]

The Senate Ag committee continues to work on a farm bill and it’s expected to move on it next month, “I am told that the Senate will be marking up a bill in June. That we [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed higher on short-covering in limited trade activity.  Today’s Cattle on Feed report was within pre-report estimates and were relatively neutral to the market.  Contracts were able to [Read More…]

John Deere, the largest ag equipment maker, says it’s raising prices on farm machinery, in part, because of increasing costs for steel and aluminum caused by U.S. tariffs. At its second quarter meeting, Deere lowered [Read More…]

The deadline to sign up for the Margin Protection Program is Friday, June 1st and Wisconsin’s State Farm Service Agency Director says county offices are preparing for a busy week of sign-ups. Sandy Chalmers tells [Read More…]

The dairy markets were down except for butter and whey Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three May milk was down $.02 at $15.17 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 to $15.67. July was [Read More…]

Following the Ethanol Summit of the Asia-Pacific in Minneapolis this week, the U.S. Grains Council held post-summit tours for participants to see the full production and value of U.S. ethanol. One such trade team, consisting [Read More…]

Sapp Bros. has opened a new biodiesel blending facility in Columbus, Nebraska. It’s located on the south side of Columbus, about five miles from the Columbus NuStar terminal. Fuel suppliers can load diesel on their transport [Read More…]