Ag News

Weeds are taking advantage of more spring-like weather across the Midwest. Central Iowa farmer Corey Hillebo says he first noticed some broadleaf weeds during a warmup in March. “Especially around the edges, around some tile [Read More…]

A Midwestern governor says increasing domestic demand for ag products could help improve uncertainty in the ag economy.  Nebraska’s Jim Pillen says he’s met with USDA Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins to express his concerns about [Read More…]

In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear how crop inputs move throughout the supply chain. Vice President of Crop Nutrients Kreg Ruhl with Growmark shares how important waterways are for farmers to get the products [Read More…]

Nebraska Public Power District Director of Wholesale Sales and Services Chad Podolak says NPPD provides a reliable and diverse energy generation resource mix that benefits the state’s farmers and ethanol industry. He tells Brownfield that NPPD [Read More…]

Biological crop protection products are projected to be a two-billion dollar business in the next five years, but there are a lot of questions from farmers and retailers alike.  Leah Anderson is President of WinField [Read More…]

Corn planting has picked up, with 33% of Missouri’s corn in the ground compared to just 9% a week ago.  Six percent of the corn has emerged, which is about 2% ahead of average. Fifteen [Read More…]

South Dakota farmers are making progress on planting amid very dry conditions. The USDA says seven percent of the corn is planted, ahead of this time last year and the five-year average. Oats are 59 [Read More…]

Kentucky farmers have made significant planting progress over the last week, but are still running well behind last year’s levels. Corn is 12 percent planted, a 9-point jump from last week, but is still running [Read More…]

The head of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says he’s hopeful the U.S. EPA will soon issue a nationwide waiver that allows all states to sell E15 this summer. Monte Shaw says eight Midwestern states [Read More…]

An extension agronomist says the planting season has been in full swing across Iowa. Meaghan Anderson with Iowa State University says, “All field operations have been happening all at once and across fence lines from [Read More…]

Warm weather has helped improve crops and planting conditions in Tennessee. The USDA says 25 percent of corn, 15 percent of soybeans, and two percent of cotton is planted. Winter wheat is rated 70 percent [Read More…]

Arkansas farmers have passed the halfway point for planting corn. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says as of Sunday, 62% of the Arkansas corn is now in the ground.  That’s up 20% from last week, [Read More…]

The USDA says Illinois farmers made significant planting progress last week. Ken Franklin grows corn and soybeans in Christian County. “I think we’re pretty happy with where we’re at.”  He says, “You know, we’re sitting [Read More…]

A southeastern Illinois farmer says the state’s new wheat checkoff brings the crop in line with other commodities. Don Guinnip, who farms in Clark County and served on the checkoff organizational committee, tells Brownfield, “We [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were lower except for nonfat dry milk Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.4775. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.4750 to $0.4775.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says a bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to limit the president’s power to levy tariffs. Illinois Congressman Eric Sorenson says the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act states [Read More…]

Potato planting was briefly slowed by rainy weather in the central sands region of Wisconsin. Jeff Huber is the agronomy manager for Alsum Farms and Produce in central Wisconsin.  He says they started planting potatoes [Read More…]

Since COVID, more producers are learning how direct marketing of beef can help their farm’s bottom line.  Grace Link from Bosben Road Beef Company near Deerfield, Wisconsin is a producer who started selling on the [Read More…]

In this spotlight on soybeans, discuss the importance of Missourians promoting the state positively to attract pro-agriculture processing companies. Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership, emphasizes that success is more likely when people are supportive [Read More…]

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe says he’s working on the state’s stance for the Make America Healthy Initiative. “That’s on the front burner right now. It’s important to the Trump administration and we know they want [Read More…]