Ag News

Galen Frenzen and his son operate a cattle ranching and farming operation near Fullerton, Nebraska. Their operation includes seedstock Angus and Polled Hereford cattle, as well as both fall and spring-calving herds. Frenzen says they [Read More…]

A consultant hired by the National Corn Growers Association says developing new bio-based chemicals from corn is “where the money is.” Nathan Danielson with BioCognito tells Brownfield technology and company demands for “sustainable” products have [Read More…]

The American Farmland Trust says U.S. farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate.  A new report by that group says that in a twenty-year period ending in 2012, more than 30 million acres of farmland [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower.  The lack of direction from the cash cattle trade, softer wholesale values, and concerns over a heavy cattle supply are all contributing to the sluggish cattle [Read More…]

  Across the Corn Belt, rain is maintaining a slow pace of planting progress in parts of the upper Midwest. In contrast, dryness has begun to develop in the southwestern Corn Belt, where topsoil moisture [Read More…]

DowDuPont continues to look for a buyer of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Iowa. The plant, which was heralded as the biggest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world, has been closed since last November. A [Read More…]

Tom Steever will be on the ground for The Missouri Dairy Association Summer Classic on Friday June 8 at Gunter Farms at Conway. Continue reading The Missouri Dairy Association Summer Classic at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

The Executive Vice President of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says an amendment that’s been approved by the Missouri legislature is good for Missouri cattlemen and all of agriculture, “The legislation just clarifies DNR’s regulatory authority [Read More…]

    A mandatory animal identification program is showing its merits as part of national disease outbreak preparedness exercise in Michigan. Michigan state veterinarian Dr. James Averill tells Brownfield Michigan is the only state that [Read More…]

Commentary. John Perkins, the Commodity Market Reporter for Brownfield was on the telephone when I walked past his desk in the newsroom Tuesday morning.  By the pained expression on his face it was clear that [Read More…]

  Average daily U.S. ethanol production hit a more than one-month high last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.040 million barrels a day, up 8,000 on the week and 36,000 on [Read More…]

Trade talks with China will continue next week when China’s top economic advisor visits D.C., according to the White House Press Secretary. Sarah Sanders says the administration is working on something that will benefit everybody.  [Read More…]

  Soybean crush levels have increased substantially in recent months as production issues in Argentina support margins. Todd Hubbs, an ag economist with the University of Illinois, says the year-to-date totals are more than 3 [Read More…]

University of Illinois ag economist Scott Irwin says it’s too soon to say if the biofuels and ag industries gained any ground in Tuesday’s White House RFS meeting. “At this point my own view is, [Read More…]

Areas where fieldwork has been delayed could see increased black cutworm pressure this spring. Bruce Potter, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Minnesota, says a large migration of cutworm moths are looking [Read More…]

Oklahoma State University livestock marketing specialist Derrell Peel says estimated cattle operation losses from Oklahoma wildfires are more than $26 million.  Peel says almost 350,000 acres burned, resulting in losses of livestock, pasture, hay, fences [Read More…]

The president of the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) does not agree with Scott Pruitt’s contention that hardship waivers are granted objectively. “I have a different view,” said Michael McAdams, president of the ABFA.  That organization [Read More…]

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway of Texas defended the House farm bill’s SNAP – or food stamp – policies during a televised event Tuesday sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. Chairman Conaway focused on [Read More…]

A university research veterinarian says she would welcome more field trials on calf vaccination medicines. Dr. Amelia Woolums with Mississippi State University tells Brownfield every licensed vaccine is tested in what is called an experimental [Read More…]

Leaders from the US, Canada, and Mexico are meeting in DC this week to further negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has said he wants to reach a new [Read More…]