Ag News

The USDA reports that as of the week ending June 28th, corn and soybean export inspections remain behind the expected pace for the current marketing year. 2017/18 runs through the end of August for beans, [Read More…]

The issue of tariffs between the U.S. and China has taken a toll on soybean futures.  This is not the point on the calendar when most U.S. soybeans are shipped to China, but if tariffs [Read More…]

Tommy Ayers, Farm Credit Illinois vice president of credit, discusses ways to avoid mid-year balance sheet woes. Listen to the podcast to hear helpful tips to accurately portray your financial position when applying for a [Read More…]

Several well-known meatpackers are accused in a class-action lawsuit of artificially jacking up the price of pork products. Hormel Foods and Tyson are among the packers that allegedly conspired with info-sharing service Agri-Stats to exchange [Read More…]

A southwest Minnesota pig farmer says with so much trade uncertainty right now, it’s important to have a long-term vision. Randy Spronk of Pipestone tells Brownfield gaining global market-share is not typically done month-by-month or [Read More…]

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson says he’s not sure how much influence he’ll have in reconciling the House and Senate versions of the 2018 Farm Bill. “What I’m going to try to do [Read More…]

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says the passage of the Senate Farm Bill couldn’t have come at a better time. “Farm income is down about 52 percent over the past five years, we’re [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling, unable to follow through on the initial post report gains. The USDA says U.S. soybean acreage was down 1% on the year, but up from [Read More…]

Specialty crop growers are finding ways to become more mechanized as labor shortages continue. Mark Longstroth with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield specialty crop growers continue to be shorthanded and researchers are finding ways [Read More…]

Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly up on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. Class Three June milk was up $.03 at  $15.27. July was up $.26 at $14.60. August was up $.13 to [Read More…]

U.S. corn and soybean stocks on June 1st, 2018 were above June 1st, 2017 levels. Overall, the numbers were within what most analysts were expecting ahead of the report. Corn stocks came out at 5.306 [Read More…]

La Crosse Seed has been acquired by DLF Pickseed.  The deal was announced Friday.  Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. In a statement, La Crosse Seed chairman Paul Curran says they look forward to [Read More…]

Commentary. The Farm Bill sailed to approval in the Senate this week, forwarded on an 86-11 vote – despite all “nay” votes cast by Republicans – and the announcement by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy [Read More…]

Livestock producers are being encouraged to anticipate being targeted by extreme activist groups. Animal Agriculture Alliance communications director Hannah Thompson-Weeman says it’s an unfortunate reality of modern production. “That’s what we’re seeing happening is activist [Read More…]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground in Terra Haute, Indiana on Monday, July 2, 2018 for Shop talk on farm bill and ag policy with Senator Donnelly. Continue reading Shop talk on [Read More…]

The USDA’s latest quarterly Hogs and Pigs report shows the US hog industry is set to grow an already record hog supply.  Economists say this sets up what could be a pretty dire situation for [Read More…]

The full Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2018 farm bill late Thursday afternoon. Ag Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas says bipartisan collaboration was key in garnering the support needed to push the [Read More…]

The author of a Senate farm bill amendment to put more restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP says able-bodied adults without children should be required to work more and receive less. Republican [Read More…]

An agronomist in southern Minnesota says he’s starting to think a lot about white mold. Dan Koehler with Dekalb/AsGrow tells Brownfield the plant disease is probably still fresh on the minds of growers after multiple [Read More…]

The Farm Service Agency is giving cotton farmers information to help them prepare for the new cotton seed safety net program. FSA director Richard Fordyce tells Brownfield, “FSA will start sending information to producers on [Read More…]