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Wisconsin’s Farm Service Agency Director Sandy Chalmers talks to Brownfield about the Margin Protection Program, Friday’s deadline, and a couple of things farmers need to know before it’s too late. Continue reading Things to know [Read More…]

The EPA has approved registration for a new group of fungicides developed by Syngenta. Eric Tedford, fungicide product lead, tells Brownfield Adepidyn®, under its Miravis brand, is available to peanut growers this year and the [Read More…]

The Senate Ag committee continues to work on a farm bill and it’s expected to move on it next month, “I am told that the Senate will be marking up a bill in June. That we [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed higher on short-covering in limited trade activity.  Today’s Cattle on Feed report was within pre-report estimates and were relatively neutral to the market.  Contracts were able to [Read More…]

John Deere, the largest ag equipment maker, says it’s raising prices on farm machinery, in part, because of increasing costs for steel and aluminum caused by U.S. tariffs. At its second quarter meeting, Deere lowered [Read More…]

The deadline to sign up for the Margin Protection Program is Friday, June 1st and Wisconsin’s State Farm Service Agency Director says county offices are preparing for a busy week of sign-ups. Sandy Chalmers tells [Read More…]

The dairy markets were down except for butter and whey Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three May milk was down $.02 at $15.17 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 to $15.67. July was [Read More…]

Following the Ethanol Summit of the Asia-Pacific in Minneapolis this week, the U.S. Grains Council held post-summit tours for participants to see the full production and value of U.S. ethanol. One such trade team, consisting [Read More…]

Sapp Bros. has opened a new biodiesel blending facility in Columbus, Nebraska. It’s located on the south side of Columbus, about five miles from the Columbus NuStar terminal. Fuel suppliers can load diesel on their transport [Read More…]

A university farm policy specialist says the House defeat of the farm bill may have residual effects on getting farm legislation passed.  The future of farm policy depends on lawmakers working together, said Jonathan Coppess, [Read More…]

The National Farmers Union (NFU) is turning up the heat on Scott Pruitt to institute a waiver for summertime sales of E15. NFU biofuels advisor Anne Steckel says the EPA administrator has authority to lift [Read More…]

  U.S. poultry production during April 2018 was 8% above April 2017 at 3.992 billion pounds. The USDA says the preliminary live weight of all poultry also increased 8% to 5.270 billion pounds, average live [Read More…]

A west-central Minnesota crop farmer says weed control has been hit and miss this spring. Kirby Hettver of De Graff tells Brownfield cold, wet conditions delayed planting and forced him to change up his weed [Read More…]

Legislation aimed at improving soil health and water quality has been introduced in the Senate. Minnesota Democratic Senator Tina Smith says the Strengthening Our Investment in Land (SOIL) Stewardship Act would help farmers both create [Read More…]

Trade officials from the three NAFTA countries continue efforts to hammer out a new deal. Disagreements between the U.S. and Mexico over auto manufacturing remain a hold-up, although Mexico has expressed a willingness to move [Read More…]

Northeast Nebraska farmer Greg Anderson and northcentral Iowa farmer Chris Edgington are only 270 miles apart, as the crow flies. But they’ve experienced vastly different planting seasons in 2018. Anderson farms near Newman Grove, Nebraska. [Read More…]

Despite the slow start to spring, the majority of the Corn Belt has been able to catch up in terms of planting progress.  But, in some areas, they are still playing catch-up. In this Managing [Read More…]

State agriculture departments in Illinois and Missouri are promoting seedstock cattle to a group of foreign buyers this week. The trade mission has brought Mexican buyers to Missouri and Illinois cattle operations. Bobby Dowson with the [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Thursday supported slightly by strong international markets and export demand. The USDA reports bi-weekly whole and skim milk powder, cheddar cheese and butter prices [Read More…]

Average prices for corn and soybeans are higher than in recent years, resulting in a brighter crop revenue picture for 2018. “USDA is being a bit more optimistic about our prices,” Gary Schnitkey, a farm [Read More…]