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The milk futures were down and cash cheese flat at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday.  Class Three June milk was down $.04 to $15.43. July was down $.14 at $15.90.  August was down $.10 to [Read More…]

Fifteen agriculture industry groups are now asking the courts to declare the 2015 Waters of the United States rule unlawful.  The American Farm Bureau Federation says court briefs filed Friday in North Dakota support 13 [Read More…]

Delegates to this Saturday’s Iowa Republican Party state convention will decide who will represent the party in the state ag secretary race this November. None of the five candidates in last week’s primary election received [Read More…]

Researchers have a better idea of how multiple viruses present in swine barns impact mortality. Boehringer Ingelheim swine technical manager for influenza Christa Goodell says the approach has typically been one treatment for one disease. [Read More…]

Trade tensions are running high between the U.S. and Canada, with President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exchanging words over the weekend, after the G7 meeting. Trudeau said Canada would move forward with [Read More…]

A strong storm system hit parts of the corn belt over the weekend, damaging corn and soybeans in some places. Stephanie Porter, Burrus Sales Agronomist, tells Brownfield Ag News there were strong storms where she is, [Read More…]

June Dairy Month is observed with many community breakfasts and dairy farm tours.  Lloyd Gunter and his family in southwest Missouri are among the dairy farms hosting events.  Gunter says he wants people to see [Read More…]

   Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are boosting soil moisture for rapidly developing summer crops. On June 3, Missouri led the Midwest with topsoil moisture rated 39% very short to short. Currently, some [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are boosting soil moisture for rapidly developing summer crops. On June 3, Missouri led the Midwest with topsoil moisture rated 39% very short to short. Currently, some of [Read More…]

The dairy markets were mostly up again to end the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday.  Class Three June milk was up $.05 to $15.47. July was unchanged at $16.04.  August was up $.01 [Read More…]

  A nearly nationwide spell of hot weather will end during the weekend with the arrival of cool air across the northern Plains, the Northwest, and California. In addition, cool conditions will linger along portions [Read More…]

President Trump says America has trade deficits with Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, and all have unfair trade policies.  Trump told reporters in Quebec, Canada Friday that dairy trade is just one example.  “You [Read More…]

June is Dairy Month. Southern Missouri dairy farmer Lloyd Gunter is hosting tours of his dairy farm, he tells Brownfield, because it’s important. “When you have hands-on or eye-on contact by seeing what’s there, it’s [Read More…]

  Both of Wisconsin’s Senators have signed onto Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bill that would remove industrial hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act. Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin join Wisconsin Representatives [Read More…]

  The Senate Ag committee’s draft farm bill released Friday got a much warmer reception than the House version. Senate Ag Committee member Tina Smith of Minnesota tells Brownfield she likes what’s in their draft farm [Read More…]

USDA’s Undersecretary for Trade is leading a trade mission to Japan next week with dozens of people from several state ag departments, businesses and commodity groups. Ted McKinney says Japan is already a top market [Read More…]

President Trump is at the G7 Summit with trade tensions high between the U.S., Canada and other allies. Trump reportedly is calling for Russia to re-join the G-8. Earlier this week, a group of Senate Republicans [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Wisconsin State Fair on August 2, 2018 in West Allis, WI.     Continue reading Wisconsin State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.      

The president of the National Corn Growers Association says Bayer’s merger with Monsanto – approved this week – will “probably be okay.” Kevin Skunes, a North Dakota grower, says the NCGA-funded study about the merger [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Potato Research Demonstration in Hancock, WI on July 19, 2018.   Continue reading Potato Research Demonstration at Brownfield Ag News.