Ag News

A University of Illinois ag economist says there could be significantly lower corn production this year, “I do see corn setting up for a possible rally. There’s a very bullish outlook currently. Monitoring the weekly (USDA) [Read More…]

Several Democrats on the Senate Ag Committee asked Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to help calm the waters and the partisan divide over the House Ag Farm bill that was approved last week along party lines. [Read More…]

The EPA administrator says so-called hardship waivers are not granted subjectively.  Scott Pruitt says granting the controversial waivers for Renewable Volume Obligations is under statutory constraint. Speaking Tuesday at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting [Read More…]

A slow-moving storm will drift northward along the Atlantic Seaboard, reaching New England on Thursday. Additional rainfall associated with the storm could reach 1 to 2 inches in the middle and northern Atlantic States. Meanwhile, [Read More…]

  Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed, mostly lower on a lack of follow through buying and position squaring ahead of this week’s widespread direct cash business. Also, while beef was higher at [Read More…]

A high school agriculture instructor in southeast Minnesota says a degree in ag education can lead to many successful career paths.   Paul Aarsvold teaches at Plainview-Elgin-Millville. He says there is a huge shortage of [Read More…]

One of my friends on social media suggested last week that it was not mid-April, but the 117th day of January. Blizzards, wildfires, flooding and drought all occurred somewhere in the heartland of this country [Read More…]

The state treasurer for Minnesota FFA says the organization gives members opportunities they’d never expect.   Spencer Flood of the Dassel-Cokato chapter in central Minnesota says she was surprised to receive an invitation to be [Read More…]

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, appearing this morning before a Senate Ag Committee hearing on the state of rural America, was asked about issues surrounding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his handling of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). [Read More…]

  An ag meteorologist says last week’s winter storm across the Upper Midwest has set back corn planting for much of the Corn Belt. “We are seeing a number of states at least 10 percentage [Read More…]

Wintery weather kept Minnesota farmers out of the fields last week.  The USDA says part of the state received snow and the areas that didn’t were still too cold and wet for any fieldwork. Only [Read More…]

Iowa State soil and water expert Rick Cruse is urging more farmers to practice good conservation techniques but admits it costs money Continue reading Soil and water conservation practices cost money at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

The new Missouri FFA President has long maintained what he calls a service mindset.  Paxton Dahmer of Nevada, Missouri fulfilled a years-long dream with his election as the State FFA President. “Yeah, seventh grade I [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Ag Secretary wants farmers impacted by snowstorm damage to report their losses.  Sheila Harsdorf says property damage and livestock losses should be reported to county FSA offices. Harsdorf says, “It is critical that farmers [Read More…]

Brownfield’ Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Ames for Iowa Swine Day on June 28, 2018. Continue reading Iowa Swine Day at Brownfield Ag News.      

    The USDA says cold and wet weather kept most Ohio farmers out of fields last week. There was less than two days suitable for fieldwork. Oats are 12 percent planted, much slower than [Read More…]

Brownfield’ Ken Anderson will be on the ground for a Fuel Ethanol Workshop/Expo in Omaha, NE on June 12, 2018.     Continue reading Fuel Ethanol Workshop/Expo at Brownfield Ag News.      

Iowa farmers have some catching up to do on corn planting. Very little corn has been planted in Iowa so far because of cold, wet and (in some cases) snowy weather. The state’s five-year average [Read More…]

  U.S. corn planting made some progress over the past week, but remains slower than normal because of cool, wet conditions in some key U.S. growing areas. Conditions this week in most of the region [Read More…]

Agricultural economist Mary Ledman with Rabobank Research says Friday’s USDA dairy production is up but, “I look at this report being more bullish.” Ledman tells Brownfield the dairy herd size is down and milk production is [Read More…]