Ag News

  A short-lived surge of cool air will blanket much of the northern and western U.S. into the weekend. By early next week, however, warmth will return to the North, leaving much of the country [Read More…]

Chinese food giant Cofco is expanding its Brazilian operations.  A company source told Bloomberg Cofco has hired nearly a dozen additional people to buy soybeans directly from Brazilian farmers in four major growing regions. Cofco [Read More…]

Beef production is projected to increase through the end of the year.  Jim Mintert, with Purdue’s Center for Commerical Agriculture, says that isn’t good news for beef prices. But, as he tells Brownfield there are other [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Attorney General says the uncertainty for Wisconsin hemp farmers and processors is over.  Brad Schimel tells Brownfield farmers planning on growing industrial hemp can proceed as long as they are licensed and registered through [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is getting back on the road to hear from people in rural communities.  This fourth leg of his Back to Our Roots tour starts Monday with stops in New Mexico, Colorado, [Read More…]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it plans to maintain higher-than-average releases from Missouri River dams over the next several months. The corps says the increased releases are because of the higher-than-average runoff forecast [Read More…]

Several groups are pushing for farm subsidy reform in the 2018 Farm Bill. Daren Bakst with the Heritage Foundation says the proposed House farm bill has reform – but is headed in the wrong direction.  “This [Read More…]

  A new report by the beef industry highlights how producers are improving in some of the most important areas to consumers. Mandy Carr with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association tells Brownfield the Beef Stewardship Review [Read More…]

Thirteen states are partaking in a national emergency response training for a Food and Mouth Disease outbreak this week. Emergency management coordinator Brad Deacon with the Michigan Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield a Foot and [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, strengthening fundamentals helped push cattle futures higher.  Today’s move up was supported by the USDA’s Supply/Demand Report.  Beef production for 2018 was reduced by 420 million pounds from last month.  [Read More…]

  The USDA projects year to year declines in corn and soybean production. In its first round of estimates for the new marketing year, corn production is seen at 14.040 billion bushels with an average [Read More…]

  The USDA has lowered its outlook for 2018 beef and pork production, because of slowdowns in slaughter rates. Beef is now projected at 27.278 billion pounds and pork is estimated at 26.784 billion. The [Read More…]

The dairy markets were mostly down Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three May milk was down $.03 at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was down $.20 to $15.83. July was down $.20 to $16.06. [Read More…]

  The USDA expects this year’s U.S. winter wheat crop to be 1.192 billion bushels, 6% less than the 2017 total of 1.269 billion. The average yield is projected at 48.1 bushels per acre, down [Read More…]

  The USDA soybean meal exports for the week ending May 3rd notched a new marketing year low, while combined old and new crop corn, soybean, soybean oil, and wheat sales were generally towards the [Read More…]

Corteva Agriscience, the ag division of DowDuPont, has announced a new seed strategy for the U.S. Corteva will keep five regional brands—Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech, Seed Consultants and Terral. Five other regional seed brands will [Read More…]

Texas Tech University’s plans for a new veterinary college—the first new veterinary school in the U.S. in 40 years—took another step forward this week. The Amarillo City Council approved a 69-million dollar funding plan to [Read More…]

President Trump is expected to discuss the Farm Bill with House Ag Chairman Mike Conaway and Senate Ag Chairman Pat Roberts today at the White House. There have been reports that Trump will only support [Read More…]

The USDA is seeking public comment on the long-awaited proposed rule for food labels containing genetically modified ingredients. However, the proposal would label the food as bioengineered, not GMO. Ryan Findlay, the CEO of the [Read More…]

It’s estimated that about 40 percent of food in the US goes uneaten. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue hosted a roundtable in DC this week to address the problem and discuss possible solutions. Some food waste [Read More…]