Ag News

The CEO of a data and analytics company which has changed dramatically since it was founded in the 1970s tells Brownfield data will be a competitive advantage in agriculture. Steve Rau, who leads Farm Market ID, [Read More…]

USDA Under-secretary Ted McKinney is leading a trade mission to expand ag export opportunities in Southeast Asia this week. The mission is based in Indonesia, but also includes buyers from Malaysia and the Philippines interested [Read More…]

U.S. sheep and goat exports will be accepted into Japan for the first time in in more than 14 years. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the agreement is the result of work by the USDA [Read More…]

A central Illinois agronomist says the crops in his area look better than average. Matt Montgomery is with Pioneer. “Seventy-five to eighty percent of the district I cover really, really looks good,” he says.  “In [Read More…]

An analyst concerned about Chinese tariffs on soybeans says the U.S. is not in danger of being phased out of that market long-term. Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in Des Moines, tells Brownfield top [Read More…]

A recent Food and Drug Administration hearing on lab-produced meat may have been the first volley in a potential “turf war” over regulation of the new technology. Danielle Beck of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, [Read More…]

Farmers should make sure fertilizer spreaders are maintained correctly so that the amount of fertilizer applied is consistent and accurately placed.  Poorly adjusted spreaders result in lost corn yield, according to Peter Scharf, nutrient management [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground fore the Missouri state Women in Ag conference in Cape Girardeau, MO September 17 – 19.   Continue reading Missouri state Women in Ag conference at Brownfield [Read More…]

    Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are primarily confined to the upper Midwest. Drought continues to adversely affect some corn and soybeans in the southwestern and northeastern Corn Belt. On July 8, at [Read More…]

    Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are primarily confined to the upper Midwest. Drought continues to adversely affect some corn and soybeans in the southwestern and northeastern Corn Belt. On July 8, at [Read More…]

The latest USDA data says through June 28, more than 5 million metric tons of soybean sales to China have been lost because of trade disputes. American Farm Bureau Federation economist Veronica Nigh says the [Read More…]

Milk futures and most cash dairy prices were down on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. July Class Three milk was down $.03 at $14.27.   August was down $.16 to $14.84. September was down $.13 to [Read More…]

A southwest Missouri farmer who described his crops in “garden conditions” at the end of May now tells Brownfield things have taken a turn for the worse, “The last time we talked, I was telling [Read More…]

Twelve college students from across the country have been selected by the National Pork Board to tell the stories of pig farmers on social media. Wade Hutchens, a Senior at Illinois State University says he’s excited [Read More…]

A cattle farmer in Southwest Iowa is one of the first to spread ag safety awareness through the “Telling the Story” Project. Rick Friday was changing a lightbulb in his barn on a 10-foot step [Read More…]

The Food and Drug Administration held a public hearing Thursday to provide interested parties an opportunity to comment on the technology used to produce meat in a laboratory and discuss regulations related to the technology. Dr. Dan Kovich, [Read More…]

Okay, I think I’ve got this right.  Tariff Terror Phase one:  President Trump threatens to impose punitive tariffs on imports from – fill in here your favorite nasty trade partner – and talks tough about [Read More…]

Missourians can report drought conditions directly to the National Drought Monitor to enhance reporting on-the-ground. University of Missouri Extension climatologist Pat Guinan says Missouri is the “bullseye” of the drought, “Here we are in the [Read More…]

China is expected to import fewer soybeans in the coming year, the first decline in that country’s total soybean imports in 15 years. The USDA estimates Chinese soybean imports in the 2018-19 season will be [Read More…]

“When Mother Nature is your business partner, expect a few curveballs.” This is the headline for an ad placed in this year’s Major League Baseball All-star Game program by the American Farm Bureau Federation. It [Read More…]