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Conforming Section 179 depreciation to federal law could soon be a reality for Minnesota farmers and business owners. Amanda Bilek is senior public policy advisor for the Minnesota Corn Growers. “The conformity of Section 179 [Read More…]

Wisconsin farmers got a good start on fieldwork last week, but rain brought many to a stop halfway through the week.  The USDA’s reporters say manure spreading, tillage, and planting started at a fast pace, [Read More…]

Corn planting in Nebraska, as of Sunday, was 42 percent complete, slightly behind average, while soybean planting reached 16 percent, slightly ahead of average. Winter wheat condition rated 61 percent good to excellent, 32 percent [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures closed sharply lower on technical selling.  While demand typically increases this time of year, the trade is worried about increased production.  June live cattle closed $.87 lower at [Read More…]

Growth Energy has an open letter to President Trump in Monday’s New York Times, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal urging him to “cut red tape holding back homegrown energy.”  The letter also takes [Read More…]

  An agronomy specialist is reminding farmers to wait until soil conditions are ideal to beginning planting. Dr. Manni Singh with Michigan State University Extension says planting in too wet of soils can cause lower [Read More…]

More than four years of research concludes the majority of animal viruses listed on the Swine Health Information Center Disease Matrix are transmittable through feed. Following the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) outbreak in 2014, [Read More…]

Two non-profit groups suing Monsanto over labeling of its glyphosate herbicide say they are pleased a federal judge has allowed their suit to go forward. Beyond Pesticides and The Organic Consumer Association filed suit against [Read More…]

The dairy markets were mostly up Monday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three May milk was up $.17 at $15.28 a hundredweight. June was up $.21 to $15.77. July was up $.16 to $16.14. [Read More…]

Senate Ag Committee chair Pat Roberts participated in a farm bill roundtable discussion Friday in Grand Island, Nebraska. Roberts heard from farmers on a variety of farm bill-related issues.  Pork producer Kevin Peterson of Osceola, Nebraska [Read More…]

A cool late spring has translated to challenges for hay and forage supplies.  The weather has caused hesitation to the greening up of forage in fields putting pressure on already short supplies of livestock feed.  [Read More…]

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…]

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’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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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.      

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…]