Ag News
Wisconsin dairy checkoff board election underway
Wisconsin dairy farmers have until May 25th to vote for members to the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin board. Formerly the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin board members will serve three-year terms. The [Read More…]
Senator wants solution after Wisconsin’s new hemp farmers dealt a legal setback
The Wisconsin State Senator behind the state’s new industrial hemp law is not pleased with last week’s enforcement memo from the Attorney General’s office. Patrick Testin says, “The opinion of the Department of Justice is [Read More…]
Missouri Farm Bureau on ag bills’ advancement
Missouri’s largest farm group is pleased to see legislation moving forward that is helpful to the state’s farmers. B.J. Tanksley is director of state legislation for Missouri Farm Bureau, tells Brownfield two omnibus ag bills [Read More…]
Higher gas prices expected to continue through the summer
Drivers in the Midwest are seeing higher prices at the pump and an ag economist with Purdue University says the prices will likely continue through the summer. Wally Tyner says there has been a steady [Read More…]
Bank leader says crop insurance critical in the next farm bill
A leader with the American Bankers Association says it’s critical that Congress maintains a strong commodity title in the next Farm Bill. Ed Elfmann, the senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking policy, says [Read More…]
Roundtable focuses on beef sustainability
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has begun a 60-day public comment period on its Sustainability Framework. Roundtable chairperson Kim Stackhouse-Lawson of JBS USA says the framework focuses on, among other things, succession planning from [Read More…]
IL Farm Bureau hopeful solar bill will get through
The Illinois Farm Bureau is pleased to see several bills working their way through the state legislature dealing with solar construction on farmland. Farm Bureau’s state legislation director Kevin Semlow tells Brownfield Ag News the [Read More…]
Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference
On June 13-14, 2018 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference in Dubuque, IA. Continue reading Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference at Brownfield Ag News.
Gasoline on an open Farm Bill flame
House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike Conaway (R, TX) last week poured gasoline on the open flame of the 2018 Farm Bill controversy, and say what you will about the iron-willed committee chair, it likely wasn’t [Read More…]
USDA releases proposed biotech labeling rule, seeks public comment
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has introduced a proposed rule on biotech labeling and is requesting public comment by July 3. The bill mandating GMO labeling on food and beverage products was signed into law [Read More…]
Farmers Union critical of farm policy and unequal treatment in Arla milk contract termination
The Wisconsin Farmers Union President says Arla Foods decision to drop 11 dairy farms is another example of failed government policy. Darin Von Ruden says Congress removed the market stabilization feature from the 2014 Farm [Read More…]
Responsible farming
Bayer ForwardFarming is a global initiative demonstrating sustainable agriculture in practice on independent farms around the world. Trey Hill a 4th generation partner in Harborview Farms, the first Bayer ForwardFarm in the United States, does [Read More…]
CME dairy markets mixed Thursday
Butter and nonfat dry milk were up, but most other dairy markets were down Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three May milk was down $.11 at $15.12 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 [Read More…]
Hard winter wheat tour projects 37 b/a
The final projected yield from the 2018 Hard Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas and surrounding states is 37 bushels per acre. Tour participants estimated total wheat production in Kansas at just over 243 million bushels. [Read More…]
Tyson to invest in lab-grown meat maker
Tyson says it’s investing $2.2 million in Future Meat Technologies, a Jerusalem-based biotech company that manufactures meat directly from animal cells, without having to raise or process animals. Tyson is also putting money into other [Read More…]
DuPont/ADM launches plant for potential new market for corn
DuPont and Archer Daniels Midland have begun a first-of-its-kind pilot project to produce a renewable source of FDME at an ADM plant in Decatur, Illinois. “We’ve been working with ADM now for several years to [Read More…]
Cattle futures higher on stronger cash trade
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed sharply higher supported by Thursday’s cash trade and stronger retail prices. Feeder cattle also closed sharply higher – latching on to the momentum from the live cattle [Read More…]
Farm Bureau’s dairy revenue insurance approved
The American Farm Bureau Federation expects to offer dairy farmers a new revenue insurance policy later this summer. AFBF’s market intelligence director John Newton tells Brownfield they’ve partnered with American Farm Bureau Insurance Services [Read More…]
Nutrien Ag Solutions a one-stop-shop for crop farmers
The world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services is launching what it calls a one-stop digital platform to assists growers with everything from agronomic decisions to paying bills. Nutrien, formed at the beginning of [Read More…]
Minnesota farmer says strip-till gives him advantage during late spring
A central Minnesota farmer is confident having a strip-till system has given him an advantage as wet, cool conditions delay planting throughout most of the Upper Midwest. Bryan Ryberg of Buffalo Lake says with strips [Read More…]