Ag News

An extension grain marketing economist says negative trade news and good growing conditions are a bad combination for prices. Ed Usset with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield markets are typically driven by weather this [Read More…]

In a phone  interview Thursday with Brownfield, Pacific Ethanol CEO Neil Koehler made it very clear how he feels about EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. “It’s been clear for some time that Administrator Pruitt has not been [Read More…]

Cool, wet conditions stunted the performance of cover crops this spring. University of Minnesota sustainable cropping systems professor Axel Garcia says growth was slowed by a cold March and snowy April. “Basically we had a [Read More…]

To a Senator, this week’s Agriculture Committee Farm Bill markup was a textbook study in happy politicking.  Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R, KS) and ranking member Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D, MI) reveled in plaudits for [Read More…]

Abnormal to severe drought in the northern third of the state qualifies livestock producers in four Missouri counties for financial assistance. “FSA is currently offering the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and that is to address [Read More…]

Leaders of the Nebraska Corn Growers Association went into a Thursday afternoon meeting in Lincoln with EPA administrator Scott Pruitt seeking clarity on issues surrounding E15 and the Renewable Fuel Standard. They left disappointed. Pruitt [Read More…]

President Trump says The United States will pursue even more tariffs against China if they retaliate against U.S. agricultural products or raise non-tariff barriers to trade. Trump placed 25% tariffs on an additional 50-billion dollars [Read More…]

Cattle country is dry and, in some areas, really dry.  A livestock economist says that is creating some challenges for cattle producers. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says when you look at the drought monitor [Read More…]

A leader with the National Corn Growers Association says the group is pleased with the passage of the Senate Farm Bill, but there are still improvements that can be made to the commodity title. Sam Willett, [Read More…]

The Missouri Department of Agriculture says there have been 21 complaints of alleged dicamba damage and 10 complaints about 2,4-D damage to unintended crops. For the first time, this week, Deputy Ag director Garrett Hawkins [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply lower on long liquidation and slow beef demand as traders prepared for the week’s widespread direct cash business. June was $1.67 lower at $106.25 and August was [Read More…]

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is sticking with its June 20th cutoff date for dicamba applications despite spring planting delays. In a news release, Commissioner Dave Frederickson says although it was a challenging spring, the [Read More…]

A farm group leader says the dairy margin protection program is just a Band-Aid fix. Bobbie Wilson with the Wisconsin Farmers Union says many of their members believe the dairy margin protection program (MPP) doesn’t [Read More…]

An analyst says despite the current trade rhetoric, China remains a promising market for U.S. ag exports. Sue Martin, president of Iowa-based Ag and Investment Services, tells Brownfield Chinese president Xi Jinping has a very [Read More…]

USDA APHIS has set up a quarantine in a New York county for European cherry fruit fly (ECFF). Part of Niagara County, New York is quarantined for the invasive pest which is the most serious [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip will be on the ground for Michigan Farm Bureau’s National Commodity Summit June 25-26 in Grand Rapids. Continue reading Michigan Farm Bureau’s National Commodity Summit at Brownfield Ag News.      

USDA Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney says he doesn’t know what the next steps will be for economic and trade discussions with Japan. “I do know that the U.S., and I think, frankly, Japan as [Read More…]

The National Pork Producers Council welcomed inclusion of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine bank in the Senate farm bill while expressing concern about how the bank gets funded. Dustin Baker with NPPC says while it’s good [Read More…]

Pork industry economist Steve Meyer of Kerns and Associates says the big supply of hogs coming to market in the coming months is “pretty daunting”. At last week’s World Pork Expo, we visited with Meyer about [Read More…]

The head of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) says renewable fuels advocates are looking to capitalize on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s trip through Rural America this week. Brian Jennings tells Brownfield Pruitt was taken [Read More…]